You're dealt the hand of the little man Running marathons against the wind Underdog in the lions den You feel them closing in Nobody wants another mouth to feed And no-one's gonna give it up Break your back swimming upstream You could do with a little luck It's the pride that keeps you fighting When you're stumbling underneath the weight When you're dying inside but you can't show the other side It's the pride that keeps you safe Sometimes when it's all a mess You wonder what you're doing wrong Cos you can't change your horse midstream Too late to sing another song Bite your lip, take some medicine Visualize a better day Cos what's another mountain in the way? It's the pride that burns inside you Says you ain't lost nothing till it's gone It's the pride that keeps you striving When you can't go on It's the pride that burns inside you Says you ain't lost nothing till it's gone It's the pride gonna keep you trying All night long, all night long It's the pride that keeps you striving When you can't go on When l hope is gone