The Contender Lyrics

I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything
I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything

If not for you

Contender
Contender
And all the falls I turned them down
And for what?

And now and then I wonder why
That when luck came it passed me by
As if some force had tied me down
I'd marked the pegs and
Staked the ground

And like a shell that's still intact
It's inner strength no longer there
A child's toy thrown away
Too broken to repair

I'll come back strong I promise you
Though some of me has changed
My soul's intact though the rest of me
Is more than rearranged

It's true
It's true
It's true

Contender
Contender
And all the falls I turned them down
And for what?

I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything
I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything

It's not like we're equal
It's not like we're equal
It's not like we're equal

Contender
Contender
And all the lies I turned them down
And all the lies I turned them down