The Contender / How Do You Know

The ring is empty
The lights are out
The crowd has all gone home
He sits alone and stares onto the streets
Thinking of the night that’s gone
He knows he’s lost some
He knows he’s won some
There are times when its so hard to tell
He’ll always be
The contender
Ready at the sound
Of the bell
In the heart of the city
You gotta take your chances
Never know when it’s gonna chang
In your heart you got to do the same
You nver know what’ll come your way
So tired of all this fighting
Round after round
Every time you think you’ve won
You find yourself going down
How do you know when it’s real?
How do you know when it’s just a dream?
How do you know what she feels?
Love never turns out the way it seems
She’ll tell you that you’re a contender
No one could be so good
And while she’s smiling, laughing at you
Inside she think she’s been misunderstood
All the sweat all the blood
Everything that you give her
You’ll be lucky if in the end
You take the punch she delivers
How do you know when it’s real?
How do you know when it’s just a dream?
How do you know what she feels?
Love never turns out the way it seems
Circling, waiting for the end
Delivering that final blow
It’ll come you know
You just blink and its on the way
How do you know when it’s real?
How do you know when it’s just a dream?
How do you know what she feels?
Love never turns out the way it seems