Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Heavyweight Champion of the World , by - Reverend and The Makers. Release date: 19.09.2019
Song language: English
Heavyweight Champion of the World |
| That shes older |
| In the embers of romance |
| Pay two mortgages and leccy bills |
| Been comfortable and that |
| Nobody told her |
| That she’d ever reach the stage |
| Where her husband bores or her |
| Or she lies about her age |
| He’s compromising |
| At least he’s got a job for life |
| Get born, get school, 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 |
| Could’ve been a someone |
| Caught up in the rat race |
| And feeling like a no-one |
| Appearing 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 |
| Aint 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 |
| Could’ve been a someone |
| Caught up in the rat race |
| And feeling like a no-one |
| Appearing in the papers |
| With the money and the girls |
| I could’ve been The Heavyweight Champion of the World |
| It might be boring so boring |
| It might put you to sleep |
| The same old routine repeats week after week |
| And you work harder, work harder |
| Cos you’re told that you must |
| And you must earn a living |
| And you must earn a crust |
| …like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else |
| Be like everybody else |
| Be like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else |
| I could’ve been a contender |
| Could’ve been a someone |
| Caught up in the rat race |
| And feeling like a no-one |
| Appearing in the papers |
| With the 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 |
| Appearing in the papers |
| With the money and the girls |
| I could’ve been The Heavyweight Champion of the World |
| Be like everybody else |
| Just be like everybody else … (Repeat till End) |