Earth, Wind & Fire

Released: October 14, 1980

Songwriter: Jerry Peters Jean Hancock

Producer: Maurice White

Oh, said I wonder
Yes, I wonder
Yes, I wonder
Oh, said I wonder
Yes, I wonder
Yes, I wonder

I know that I'm afraid of love
The toll seems very steep
The goals so uncontrollable
Impossible to keep

Despite the songs of lucky ones
Those very special few
Can't right the wrongs that often come
No matter what we do

And, so I wonder
Will I win, or will I lose?
Tell me, yeah, yeah
Will I win, or will I lose?

Now I imagine that the feeling's close to none
All that passion running rampant sounds like fun
But when the trouble starts
I've heard of broken hearts
So must come down familiar ground
To find a safer view

And, so I wonder
Will I win, or will I lose?
Tell me, yeah
Will I win, or will I lose?

The journey must be made
The hand is dealt, it must be played
It comes to all of us, you can't escape our dues
I'm still holding back
I want my heart intact, yeah
Until the time that I'm unable to refuse

Inconsequential if I stumble up the rocks
Or catapulted if I shoot right to the top
When I on love depend
My only question then

Ooo, will I win, or will I lose?
Tell me, yeah
Will I win, or will I lose?
Tell me, yeah
Will I win, or will I lose?

Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band that has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, funk, jazz, disco, pop, rock, Latin and African. They are one of the most successful bands of the 20th century.

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