Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Contender , by - Christy Moore. Release date: 22.03.2006
Song language: English
The Contender |
| When i was young and I was in my day |
| I could steal what womans heart there was away |
| Sing and dance into the dawning |
| Blaze a trail until the morning |
| Long before I was the man you see today |
| And I was born beneath the star that promised all |
| I could have lived my life between cork cobh and youghal |
| But the wheel of fortune took me |
| From the highest point she shook me |
| By the bottle live by the bottle i shall fall |
| But there in the mirror on the wall |
| I see the dream is fading |
| From the contender to the fall |
| The ring, the rose, the matador, raving |
| And when I die I’ll die a drunk down on the street |
| You can count me out to ten in clear defeat |
| Rap the stary plough around me |
| Let the pipers air resound me |
| There I’ll rest until the lord of love I meet |
| But there in the mirror on the wall |
| I see the dream is fading |
| From the contender to the brawl |
| The ring, the rose, the matador, raving |