I had won all I could win
There was no place I hadn't been
But my heart was just so needy and so poor-o-o-oor
Then I heard him gently say
Lose it all and find my way
So I gave it up and found it all and more
I lost it all to find everything
I died a pauper to be born a king
When I learned how to lose
I found out how to win
Oh, I lost it all to find everythiiiiiing
I was frantic to survive
I was racing to arrive
And I walked on any standing in my waaay-a-a-aaaay
Then I watched my schemes all die
And I realized that I
Could find new life because the old had died that day
I lost it all to find everything
I died a pauper to be born a king
When I learned how to lose
I found out how to win
Oh, I lost it all to find everything
Oh I lost it all to find everythiiiiing