Magnificent Loser Lyrics

I was once the sorest of sore losers

Faced defeat with anger and with shame

Then one day I woke to my good senses

Thankfully I've never been the same

I've learned to smile with wild abandon

When I shake the consolation hand

I can say 'Good game!' with heartfelt pleasure

As if losing was the very thing I'd planned

I'm the king of all good sports

It's a victory of sorts to say that

I'm a magnificent loser

I can take embarrassment with glee

I'm a magnificent loser

And now everybody wants to play with me

Play with me

Everybody wants to play with me

Before I came to my conversion

Life was never like I thought it should

Couldn't bear the smallest of small failures

And on top of that, I wasn't very good

Now that I've learned to be a loser

I have no fear of better men

I can look the victor in the eyeball

And ask him 'Do you want to play again?'

I'm the king of all good sports

It's a victory of sorts to say that

I'm a magnificent loser

No one has more grace in their defeat

I'm a magnificent loser

I guess I've got a knack for getting beat

Getting beat

I guess I've got a knack for getting beat

If he makes you happier

Of course you have to go

On that point I know we both agree

I can think of nothing that would

Bring a warmer glow

Than to think of you as happier than me

Happier than me

So when life brings its disappointments

No one will know I feel a thing

I'll just keep laughing like a madman

I'll throw my shoulders back and then I'll sing

I'm the king of all good sports

It's a victory of sorts to say that

I'm a magnificent loser

I can take embarrassment with glee

I'm a magnificent loser

And now everybody wants to play with me

A magnificent loser

I can take my downfall with a grin

I'm a magnificent loser

And I don't know what I'd do if I should win

I won't win

But I don't know what I'd do

I don't know what I'd do if I should win