When Abba Sang

When Abba sang the winner takes it all It came to me before we walked we crawled And the race to success is an uphill race And only one can finish in first place. The mother boasts my son's done well in life But he is worthy of a better wife He says he loves her but love comes at a price And I still feel that he erred in his choice. It's always been part of the living game That not everybody can have wealth and fame Your lack of success seen as a grave sin But someone has to lose for you to win. The high achievers are always in the news But for one to win so many have to lose And every loser from the memory quickly fades And to the winners go the accolades. The losers we do not wish to recall As Abba sang the winner takes it all And the horse who lost the big race by a nose Is the horse today whose name nobody knows.