I Could've Been a Contender

I could’ve been a contender but I never got the breaks

I coulda skipped a few stages if I was smart enough to learn from someone else’s mistakes

I never read the instructions, but I guess that’s how it works

Maybe I woulda listened if you didn’t talk to us like we’re a bunch of jerks

It’s never the right time to take a stand

Living in this mean unpleasant land

I could’ve been a contender, I could’ve been a contender, but I’m running out of juice

I didn’t make the right choices, I didn’t make the right choices, I’d pull my weight but what’s the use?

And when I look in the mirror I never see myself

If I think back to the plans that I had in my youth

You’d think that I’ve been replaced by somebody else

It’s never the right time to take a stand

Living in this mean unpleasant land

I could’ve been a contender, I could’ve been a contender, but I’m running out of juice

I didn’t make the right choices, I didn’t make the right choices, I’d pull my weight but what’s the use?

It’s never the right time to take a stand

Living in this mean unpleasant land

I could’ve been a contender, I could’ve been a contender, but I’m running out of juice

I didn’t make the right choices, I didn’t make the right choices, I’d pull my weight but what’s the use?

I could’ve been a contender, I could’ve been a contender, but I’m running out of juice

I didn’t make the right choices, I didn’t make the right choices, I never made the right choices