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Thread #79775   Message #1448474
Posted By: Stewie
31-Mar-05 - 08:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs about boxing or prizefighting
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs about Boxing or Prizefighting
Dave'sWife, no it is a different song. Olney wrote it back in 1981 when he was fronting a bar band called the X-Rays. It begins:

Go ahead and laugh, go ahead and stare
You don't believe me, but I don't care
You punks are nothing, you don't know a thing
You never saw me in fifty-nine
I was young, I was in my prime
Quick and strong, I felt like a king
Like I ruled the world when I stepped in the ring

And ends:

I could of (sic) been a contender
I could of been a big name
I could of been a contender
Number one in the game
I could have been a contender
Now can you say the same

--Stewie.