Heavyweight Champion Of The World

Album: The State Of Things (2007)
Charted: 8
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  • Now that she's older
    As the embers of romance
    Fade to mortgages and leccy bills
    Been comfortable and that
    Nobody told her
    That she'd ever reach the stage
    Where her husband bored her
    Or she lied about her age

    He's compromising
    At least he's got a job for life
    Get born, get schooled, get job, get car
    Pay tax and find a wife
    And on that note
    The end can't come too soon
    If you're not living on the edge
    You take up too much room

    I could've been a contender
    I could've been a someone
    Caught up in the rat race
    And feeling like a no one
    Could've been me in the papers
    With the money and the girls
    I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

    At school, he used to dream about being Bruce Lee
    But the need for chops in the Manor Top
    Ain't all that great you see
    And so he gave up
    On his black belt and first dan
    As near as he got to China
    Was a week in Camber Sands

    I could've been a contender
    I could've been a someone
    Caught up in the rat race
    And feeling like a no one
    Could've been me in the papers
    Money and the girls
    I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

    I could've been a contender
    Could've been a someone
    Caught up in the rat race
    And feeling like a no one
    Could've been me in the papers
    Money and the girls
    I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

    It's boring, it's boring
    It might put you to sleep
    It's the same old routine, repeating week after week
    And you work harder, work harder
    You're told that you must
    And you must earn a living
    And you must earn a crust

    And be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else
    Be like everybody else
    Just be like everybody else

    I could've been a contender
    I could've been a someone
    Caught up in the rat race
    And feeling like a no one
    Could've been me in the papers
    Money and the girls
    I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

    I could've been a contender
    Could've been a someone
    Caught up in the rat race
    And feeling like a no one
    Been me in the papers
    Money and the girls
    I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world Writer/s: Alan Smyth, Ed Cosens, Jon McClure
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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