The Contender-Tommy Fleming

[ti:The Contender] [ar:Tommy Fleming] [al:The Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Contender (竞争者) - Tommy Fleming [00:13.69]When I was young and I was in my day [00:19.22] [00:19.85]I could steal what womans heart there was away [00:25.35] [00:26.59]Sing and dance into the dawning [00:29.86]So blazeing until the morning [00:33.01]Long before I was the man you see today [00:37.61] [00:39.57]And I was born beneath the star that promised all [00:46.07]I could have lived my life [00:47.53]Between cork cobh and youghal [00:50.73] [00:52.56]But the wheel of fortune took me [00:55.86]From the highest point she shook me [00:59.09]By the bottle live by the bottle I shall fall [01:03.36] [01:06.89]But there in the mirror on the wall [01:12.22] [01:13.35]I see the dream is fading [01:18.89] [01:19.89]From the contender to the fall [01:24.26] [01:26.19]The ring the rose the matador raving [01:33.03] [01:51.68]And when I die I'll die a drunk down on the street [01:55.22] [01:57.87]You can count me out to ten in clear defeat [02:01.91] [02:04.35]Rap the stary plough around me [02:07.57]Let the pipers air resound me [02:10.98]There I'll rest until the lord of love I meet [02:16.01] [02:18.74]But there in the mirror on the wall [02:23.93] [02:25.17]I see the dream is fading [02:30.48] [02:31.75]From the contender to the brawl [02:36.19] [02:38.08]The ring the rose the matador raving [02:42.55] [02:44.81]But there in the mirror on the wall [02:49.15] [02:51.26]I see the dream is fading [02:55.81] [02:57.81]From the contender to the fall [03:02.50] [03:04.21]The ring the rose the matador raving