Contenders-Heaven 17

[ti:Contenders] [ar:Heaven 17] [al:Higher And Higher - The Best Of Heaven 17] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.39]Contenders - Heaven 17 [00:01.27] [00:14.61]We're going to stop this world from turning [00:18.11] [00:18.91]We build it up you knock it down [00:22.78] [00:24.71]If you go high then we'll go higher [00:28.35] [00:29.03]Beyond the sky without a sound [00:32.92] [00:33.75]All around [00:35.58] [00:44.90]We've won we've lost we've counted up the cost [00:49.50]And we've evened out the scores we are contenders [00:53.43] [00:55.00]I'm telling you so pay attention [00:58.35] [00:59.46]These words of truth come from above [01:03.22] [01:04.91]In God we trust and he has told me [01:08.59] [01:09.47]I need you now and I'm talking love [01:13.35] [01:15.31]We want a piece of what you're selling [01:18.56] [01:19.36]Put up your hands and face the wall [01:23.55] [01:25.22]How much it costs there is no telling [01:28.87] [01:29.78]How much it costs to walk so small and we're so tall [01:35.66]In truth we dare we people just don't care [01:39.67] [01:40.28]We've got you running scared we are contenders [01:43.94] [01:45.51]You're black or white Arab Christian Israelite [01:48.92] [01:50.01]We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders [01:54.06] [01:55.64]Don't bother asking for a favor [01:59.10] [01:59.84]I always get all that I want [02:03.86] [02:05.68]Though some are foolish we are braver [02:09.03] [02:10.20]Than those who do not have a bomb [02:13.90] [02:15.82]Forget the turning of the seasons [02:19.31] [02:20.06]Let's escalate and never stop [02:23.90] [02:25.94]And yes we've talked but for no reason [02:29.31] [02:29.91]Let's start again right from the top countdown [02:36.17] [02:38.81]10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 [02:50.69] [02:55.85]Got the world on a string but it ain't got that swing [03:00.53]You speed it up we slow it down [03:04.29] [03:06.31]A frontier wilder than the West ever was [03:10.52]No sheriff round this outlaw town [03:14.54] [03:16.31]So Superman if you're listening [03:19.83] [03:21.05]Help us out you're on the team [03:24.62] [03:26.13]For truth and justice the American way [03:30.80]The fight for right's not what it seems with laser beams [03:36.83]With gun and sword there is no reward [03:41.14]But we're fighting on we are contenders [03:45.18] [03:46.46]We've won we've lost and we've counted up the cost [03:51.22]And we've evened out the scores we are contenders [03:55.17] [03:56.61]You're Black or White Arab Christian Israelite [04:01.24]We are hiding in plain sight we are contenders [04:05.33] [04:06.91]No virgin birth is going to claim the earth [04:11.17] [04:11.97]We know what you're worth we are contenders