If you're gonna try, go all the way,
Otherwise, don't even start.
This could mean losing girlfriends, wives,
Relatives and maybe even your mind.
It could mean not eating for three or four days,
It could mean freezing on a park bench,
It could mean jail, it could mean derision,
It could mean mockery--isolation.
Isolation is the gift, oh yeah,
All the others are a test, yes they are.
Of your endurance, of your spirit,
How much you really want to do it.
And you'll do it, oh yes you will,
Despite rejection and the worst odds,
And it will be better than anything else,
Better than anything else you can imagine.
If you're gonna try, go all the way,
There is no other feeling like that.
You'll be alone with the gods,
And the nights will flame with fire.
You will ride life straight to perfect laughter,
It's the only good fight there is,
If you're gonna try, go all the way,
It's the only good fight there is.
Oh, go all the way, all the way,
Through the trials and the pain,
Through the sorrow, through the rain,
Keep on going, don't refrain.
Isolation is the gift, yes it is,
All the others are a test, oh yes,
Of your endurance, of your spirit,
How much you really want to do it.
If you're gonna try, go all the way,
There is no other feeling like that,
It's the only good fight there is,
The only good fight there is.
Go all the way, all the way.