The Contender Lyrics - Greetings From Hollywood - Royal Crown Revue

The lights are spinnin' 

I gotta get myself up off the floor 

My head is ringin' 

Bet they think I can't take too much more 

The crowd is howlin' 

Like the ocean's pounding roar 

My legs are goin' out 

Someone up there don't like me 

Now my right and my left will decide 

'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives 

Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears 

But I see salvation tonight in a left and a right 

Called me a kid, champ or lefty 

A bowery kid to the core 

Fast cars and hipster movie stars 

I ain't got none of that anymore 

Now I'm down in the seventh 

In the eighth, my ribs are sore 

In the ninth, I'm staggerin' 

Someone up there don't like me 

Now my right and my left will decide 

'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives 

Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears 

But I see salvation tonight in a left and a right 

It's a one-way ticket 

Smart money's showin' me the door 

Backed on the ropes now 

Someone up there don't like me anymore 

When the crowd goes silent 

One thing that I know for sure 

Knock me down one time 

I'll be comin' back for more, for more buddy 

Now my right and my left will decide 

'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives 

Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears 

But I see salvation tonight 

Now my right and my left will decide 

'Cause they're done with this bum takin' dives 

Now my eyes may be swollen with right hooks and tears 

But I see salvation tonight in a left and a right