The Mark Of Cain – The Contender lyrics

I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything
I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything

If not for you, if not for you
If not for you, if not for you
If not for you
Contender
Contender

And all the falls I turned them down
Everything turned on a hell of a pen

And like a shell that's still intact
It's inner strength no longer there
A child's toy is thrown away
Too broken to repair

And now and then I wonder why
That when luck came it past be by
As if some force tied me down
I'd marked the pegs and staked the ground

I'll come back strong I promise you
Though some of me has changed
My souls intact the rest of me
It's more than rearranged

It's true
It's true
It's true

Contender
Contender

And all the falls I turned them down
And for what?

I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything
I could've been a contender
I could've been almost anything

It's not like we're equal
It's not like we're equal
It's not like we're equal
It's not like we're equal
It's not for you

Contender
Contender

And all the lies I turned them down
And all the lies I turned them down