[ti:Heavyweight Champion Of The World]
[ar:Reverend And The Makers]
[al:]
[00:10.71]And now... That shes older
[00:12.87]As the embers of romance
[00:14.44]Fade to mortgages and leccy bills
[00:16.06]Been comfortable and that
[00:17.98]Nobody told her
[00:20.17]That she'd ever reach the stage
[00:22.02]Where her husband bored her
[00:23.53]Or she lied about her age
[00:26.40]
[00:32.39]He's compromising
[00:34.03]At least he's got a job for life
[00:36.13]Get born,get school, get job, get car
[00:38.52]Pay tax and find a wife
[00:39.09]And on that note
[00:40.96]The end can't come too soon
[00:42.71]If you're not living on the edge
[00:44.47]You take up too much room
[00:47.51]I could've been a contender
[00:49.58]I could've been a someone
[00:51.45]Caught up in the rat race
[00:52.04]And feeling like a no-one
[00:54.00]They put me in the papers
[00:56.31]With the money and the girls
[00:57.90]I could've been The Heavyweight
[01:00.07]Champion of the World
[01:01.61]
[01:08.80]At school he used to dream about
[01:10.61]Being Bruce Lee
[01:12.33]But the need for chops
[01:13.54]on the Manor top
[01:14.35]Aint all that great you see
[01:16.03]And so he gave up
[01:17.88]On his black belt and first Dan
[01:19.13]As near as he got to China
[01:21.50]Was a week in Camber sands
[01:22.50]I could've been a contender
[01:24.49]could've been a someone
[01:26.98]Caught up in the rat race
[01:28.77]And feeling like a no-one
[01:30.64]they put me in the papers
[01:32.42]With the money and the girls
[01:34.26]I could've been The Heavyweight
[01:36.07]Champion of the World
[01:37.00]I could've been a contender
[01:39.65]could've been a someone
[01:41.45]Caught up in the rat race
[01:43.26]And feeling like a no-one
[01:45.09]they put me in the papers
[01:46.90]With the money and the girls
[01:48.00]I could've been The Heavyweight
[01:49.73]Champion of the World
[01:51.21]
[02:06.52]It's boring it's boring
[02:07.50]It might put you to sleep
[02:10.48]As the same old routine
[02:12.50]repeating week after week
[02:13.88]And you work harder,work harder
[02:15.89]You're told that you must
[02:17.74]And you must earn a living
[02:19.27]You must earn a crust
[02:20.79]To be like everybody else
[02:22.60]Be like everybody else
[02:24.39]Be like everybody else
[02:26.08]Just be like everybody else
[02:28.02]Be like everybody else
[02:29.74]Just be like everybody else
[02:31.57]Be like everybody else
[02:33.32]Just be like everybody else
[02:35.26]Be like everybody else
[02:37.21]Just be like everybody else
[02:39.15]Be like everybody else
[02:40.90]Just be like everybody else
[02:42.78]Be like everybody else
[02:44.43]Just be like everybody else
[02:46.38]Be like everybody else
[02:48.16]Just be like everybody else
[02:49.76]I could've been a contender
[02:51.79]I could've been a someone
[02:53.60]Caught up in the rat race
[02:55.45]And feeling like a no-one
[02:57.27]They put me in the papers
[02:59.04]With the money and the girls
[03:00.89]I could've been The Heavyweight
[03:02.65]Champion of the World
[03:04.23]I could've been a contender
[03:06.28]I could've been a someone
[03:08.09]Caught up in the rat race
[03:09.89]And feeling like a no-one
[03:11.71]they put me in the papers
[03:13.47]With the money and the girls
[03:15.34]I could've been The Heavyweight
[03:16.95]Champion of the World