The song It's Not Where You Start is performed by Cook Barbara in the album named Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Live in the year 2024 .
It's not where you start, it's where you finish.
It's not how you go, it's how you land.
A hun-dred to one shot, they call him a klutz --
Can out-run the fav'rite, all he needs is the guts.
Your final return will not diminish
And you can be the cream of the crop;
It's not where you start, it's where you finish,
And you're gonna finish on top.
If you start at the top, you're certain to drop,
you've got to watch your timing;
Better begin by climbing up, up, up the ladder.
If you're go-ing to last you can't make it fast, man,
Nobody starts a winner, give me a slow beginner,
Easy does it, conserve your fine endurance;
easy does it, for that's your life insurance.
While you are young,take it rung after rung after rung.
It's not where you start, it's where you finish.
It's not how you go, it's how you land.
A hun-dred to one shot, they call him a klutz --
Can out-run the fav'rite, all he needs is the guts.
Your final return will not diminish
And you can be the cream of the crop;
It's not where you start, it's where you finish,
And you're gonna finish on top.
Cook Barbara - Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Live
- A Wonderful Guy
- Another 100 People/So Many People
- Blue Skies
- Errol Flynn
- I Had Myself a True Love
- In Buddy's Eyes
- It Might as Well Be Spring
- It They Could See Me Now
- It's Not Where You Start
- Last Night When We Were Young
- Move On
- Nashville Nightingale
- Not a Day Goes By/Losing My Mind
- Not While I'm Around
- Sweet Dreams
- The Gentleman Is a Dope
- Them There Eyes
- This Nearly Was Mine
- We'll Be Together Again
- When Did I Fall in Love