Artist/Band: 
The Gaslight Anthem 
Lyrics for Song: I Coulda Been a Contender 
Lyrics for Album: Sink or Swim [2007]
  
               
  3135>I'm broke and I'm hungry, I'm hard up and I'm lonely
  I been dancing on this killing floor for years
  And of the few things I am certain
  I'm the captain of my burden
  I'm sorry doll, I could never stop the rain
 
 
  Once you said I was your hero, you would dance with me on a dime
  We could spin this world right right right round
  And catch back up on the flip side
  I was gonna get this real big engine,
  I was gonna get them Broadway Stars
  You were gonna be my Judy Garland,
  We were gonna share your Tin Man heart
 
 
  There's a dirty wind blowing, there's a storm front coming
  There's an S.O.S. on the seas tonight
  Steady now, steady now, soldier hold fast now
  It's heads or tails on heart attacks and broken dreams tonight
 
 
  We used to drive all night, all over town
  We go Waltzing Matilda, when Matilda came around
  And I always sang them blues to you
 
 
  There's a dirty wind blowing, there's a storm front coming in
  There's an S.O.S. on the seas tonight
  Steady now, steady now, soldier hold fast now
  It's heads or tails on heart attacks and broken dreams tonight
  On heart attacks and broken dreams
  Atlantis is my only dream tonight
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