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Radney Foster - Nobody wins

"Nobody Wins" is a song recorded by American country music musician Radney Foster, cowritten by himself and Kim Richey.

It was released in January 1993 as the second single from his debut album Del Rio, TX 1959.

The song is the highest-peaking single of his career, spending twenty weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts and peaking at number 2.

Radney Foster said: “I wrote this song with my friend Kim Richey, on her back porch on a beautiful sunny spring day. I drove up a little late because my wife and I had had a big fight the night before, and I’d gotten very little sleep. When I confessed my excuse, Kim said that she and her boyfriend had a fight the night before as well. I said, “It’s awful. Nobody ever wins in that deal.” And she said, “’Nobody Wins’ is a song title.” And I said, “Well, that’s what we’re writing today.

This was one of the easiest tracks to nail when we recorded, because everyone in the band really knew the song. I had sent them all the songs in advance, but once we got there most everyone confessed they either knew the song as a kid or played it in cover bands. It all fell right into place.”

The lyrics:

You said this ain't over yet

I've said things that I'll regret

Won't be easy to forget

Scars take time to heal

Before another bitter word gets used

I was hoping we could call a truce

'Cause nobody wins, we both lose

Hearts get broken and love gets bruised

When we light that same old fuse

Again and again

Nobody wins, slammin' doors

We both lost this fight before

And I won't play that game no more

'Cause nobody wins

Darlin', we got too much pride

It don't matter whose wrong or right

Honey, love ain't black and white

It's the way I feel bout you

All I want to do is hold you tight

I can't take another angry night

Nobody wins, we both lose

Hearts get broken and love gets bruised

When we light that same old fuse

Again and again

Nobody wins, slammin' doors

We both lost this fight before

And I won't play that game no more

'Cause nobody wins

I know something's 'bout to break if we don't bend

Baby, what's it gonna take

Nobody wins, we both lose

Hearts get broken and love gets bruised

When we light that same old fuse

Again and again

Nobody wins, slammin' doors

We both lost this fight before

And I won't play that game no more

'Cause nobody wins

Nobody wins, nobody wins

Nobody wins