Karaoké The Contender Tommy Fleming

When I was young and I was in my day sure I'd steal what woman's heart there was away

And I'd sing into the dawning

Saw it blaze into the morning

Long before I was the man you see today

I was born beneath the star that promised all

I could live my life without

Cassandra's call

But the wheel of fortune took me

From the highest point she shook me

By the bottle I lived

By the bottle

I should fall

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

When I die I'll die a drunk down on the street

He will count me out to ten in clear defeat

Wrap the Starry Plough around me

Let the pipers' air resound me

There I rest until the Lord of Love I meet

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

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I see the dream is fading

From the contender to the brawl

The ring, the rose

The matador raving

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