Music Video
Reverend & The Makers - Heavyweight Champion of the World (Official Video)
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Reverend and the Makers
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Alan Smyth
Composer
Ed Cosens
Composer
Jon McClure
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Cenzo Townshend
Mixing Engineer
Jagz Kooner
Producer
Neil Comber
Assistant Engineer
Alan Smyth
Producer
Jon Gray
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Now that she's older
As the embers of romance
Pay two mortgages and leccy bills
Been comfortable and that, nobody told her
That she'd ever reach the stage
Where her husband bored her, or she lied about her age
[Verse 2]
He's compromising
At least he's got a job for life
Get born, get schooled, get job, get car
Pay tax and find a wife, and on that note
The end can't come too soon
If you're not living on the edge, you take up too much room
[Verse 3]
I could've been a contender
I could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
I'm feeling like a no-one
Could've been me in the papers, with money and the girls
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
[Verse 4]
At school, he used to dream about being Bruce Lee
But the need for chops in the Manor Top
Ain't all that great, you see
And so, he gave up
On his black belt and first dan
As near as he got to China was a week in Camber Sands
[Verse 5]
I could've been a contender
I could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
I'm feeling like a no-one
Could've been me in the papers, money and the girls
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
[Verse 6]
I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
I'm feeling like a no-one
Been me in the papers, money and the girls
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
[Verse 7]
It's boring, it's boring and it might put you to sleep
As the same old routine repeating week after week
You work harder, work harder
You're told that you must
And you must earn a living
You must earn a crust
[Verse 8]
And be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
[Verse 9]
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
Be like everybody else
Just be like everybody else
[Verse 10]
I could've been a contender
I could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
I'm feeling like a no-one
Could've been me in the papers, money and the girls
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
[Verse 11]
I could've been a contender
Could've been a someone
Caught up in the rat race
I'm feeling like a no-one
Been me in the papers, money and the girls
I could've been the heavyweight champion of the world
Written by: Alan Smyth, Ed Cosens, Jon McClure
