Lyrics:

Came up through selectors

A tick upon a page

Bolder than your training

Younger than your age

15 miles at daybreak - an impulse deep inside

A shower and rub down and quiet sense of pride



Fame can take you far away from home

The wind and rain they chill you to the bone

A leader on the sports page and you reap what you have

sown

And it's just another moment on your own



It wasn't for the money, the trophies or champagne

A victory for the inner man, an echo to your name

A line-ball in the slipstream, shake a thousand hands

A minute in the spotlight in a thousand foreign lands



And fame can take you far away from home


The roaring crowds they chill you to the bone

A minute in the spotlight and you reap what you have

sown

And it's just another moment on your own



The crowd declares a hero - but heroes seldom last

Your private life is front-page news until your time is

past

Jetlagged in December, towels and Staminade

Your name's up on the scoreboard and the ads for

aftershave



And fame can take you far way from home

Long distance romance on a hotel phone

And your old friends seem so distant and you reap what

you have sown

And it's just another moment on your own