Millie came
up playin' in the boys' clubs
But they made her play at
midnight or at eight
Her friends all said the times
were finally changin'
It only felt a few centuries too late
Her eyes were always deep
inside her notebook
Her hands were always tuning her guitar
And while some stayed busy
waiting for permission
She was on her way to be a star
But if you asked her if anyone
had held it back
She'd tell you she forgot
most of their names
The losers only think about the winners
The winners only think
about the game
If
Millie fell in love with a civilian
Or at least we know he
fell in love with her
He could see how bright
her light was shinin'
He could feel how wild her fire burned
But love has its own kind of symmetries
You have to give as much as you receive
And once he realized he would
never give her nothin'
He decided it was time for him to leave
But now he likes to criticize her privately
While she simply says that
neither were to blame
The losers only think about the winners
But the winners only think
about the game
So
Milly kept on adding to the set list
And working on her studio tent
And for the first time found it hard
telling the difference
Between all her friends and all her fans
Which left her with a special
bread of emptiness
She channeled right back into the songs
She wasn't gonna ask herself the question
If this is what she wanted all along
Some people said she was a genius
Some people said she was insane
But those losers only think about the
winners
She wouldn't suffer any fruits
She danced to her own rhythm
She wasn't playin' by the rules
She was playin' with them
Nellie knew just when the
dust was settled
When it's time to put
the pencil down
When the harmony is only just a shadow
Of the way it felt the first hundred times
around
Which left it to the critics and the experts
To tell the world how
Millie really felt
To somehow say she'd
lost her competition
She was only ever having with herself
For some
I'd look for meaning in the ashes
She just misses standing in the flame
And the losers only think
about the winners
The winners only think about the game
Oh, the losers only think
about the winners
The winners only think about