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The Good Fight


Round after round

Pound after pound

 

Gotta get up

Can't stay down

 

The fight is on

The curtain's never drawn

 

Arms are heavy

Legs are weak

Oh, my God, it's only round three

 

Gotta get up

Can't stay down

 

Months of training trying to burn the flab

Training to be quick

Training to duck the jab

 

Gotta get up

Can't stay down

 

Everybody's watching

Money is on the line

Family's clinching

Closing their eyes

 

Gotta get up

Can't stay down

 

The fight is over

The crowd is in the mist

 

In the locker room alone icing swollen fists

 

Gotta get up

End of round

 

The fight is over

The fightt is over...

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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