The Fighter Lyrics - Paradise In Distress - Golden Earring

From the Albums: 

* Paradise in distress 

* Last blast of the century 

He was young when I first saw 

him 

(maybe) 19 or so 

And I knew he would go places 

He'd never dreamt he'd go 

There was a certain something 

Impossible to hide 

Dynamite in both his hands 

It swept 'em all aside 

So they nicknamed hem the killer 

And he lived up to the name 

The guys that tried to fight him 

Never came out quite the same 

And man, the crowd just loved him 

In those up and coming days 

Carried him on their shoulders 

While they showered him with 

praise 

Well, they loved him like a brother 

Cause he gave 'em all the thrills 

Carin' shit about no sef-defense 

Only going for the kill 

He took a beating now and then 

But stood there young and tough 

Never thought of backin' up 

When the going got too rough 

He came down like a shockwave 

The title easily won 

He just tore in there man, punching 

Taking two and landing one 

But that avalanche of punches 

Eventually took it's toll 

Like a constant drip of water 

Wears down the hardest stone 

And we all saw it comin' 

The inevitable fall 

The night he lost his title 

And the title wasn't all 

He just started slippin' 

Down skids slicker than grease 

His drawing power faded 

And the hero-worship ceased 

But he couldn't stop the fighting 

Custom-made for the trade 

While he blew away the money 

On friends succes had made 

I saw him fight again last night 

I wish I had been spared 

The sight of that poor old wreck 

For whom nobody no longer cared 

His eyes had lost their sparkle 

His legs hado lost their spring 

And it really was pathetic 

The way he stumbled through the ring-