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The hulk of a man with a beer in his hand he looked like adrunk old fool And I knew if I hit him right why I could knock him off ofthat stoolBut everybody they said watch out hey that's the Tiger ManMcCoolHe's had the whole lotta fights and he's always come outwinner yeah he's a winnerBut I had myself about five too many and I walked up talland proudI faced his back and I faced the fact that he had neverstooped or bowedI said Tiger Man you're a pussycat and a hush fell on thecrowdI said let's you and me go outside and see who's the winnerWell he gripped the bar with one big hairy hand then hebraced against the wallHe slowly looked up from his beer my God that man was tallHe said boy I see you're a scrapper so just before you fallI'm gonna tell you just a little bout what it means to be awinnerHe said now you see these bright white smilin' teeth youknow they ain't my ownMine rolled away like Chicklets down the street in SanAntoneBut I left that person cursin' nursin' seven broken bonesSongtexteAnd he only broke ah three of mine that makes me the winnerHe said now behind this grin I got a steel pin that holds myjaw in placeA trophy of my most successful motorcycle raceAnd each morning when I wake and touch this scar across myfaceIt reminds me of all I got by bein' a winnerNow this broken back was the dyin' act of a handsome HarryClayThat sticky Cincinnati night I stole his wife awayBut that woman she gets uglier and she gets meaner every dayBut I got her boy that's what makes me a winnerHe said you gotta speak loud when you challenge me son causeit's hard for me to hearWith this twisted neck and these migraine pains and this bigole cauliflower earAnd if it wadn't for this glass eye of mine why I'd she'd ahappy tearTo think of all that you gonna get by bein' a winnerI got arthritic elbows boy I got dislocated kneesFrom pickin' fights with thunderstorms and chargin' intotreesAnd my nose been broke so often I might lose if I sneezeAnd son you say you still wanna be a winnerNow you remind me a lotta my younger days with your knucklesa clenchin' whiteBut boy I'm gonna sit right here and sip this beer all nightAnd if there's somethin' that you gotta gain to prove bywinnin' some silly fightWell okay I quit I lose you're the winnerSo I stumbled from that barroom not so tall and not so proudAnd behind me I still hear the hoots of laughter of thecrowdBut my eyes still see and my nose still works and myteeth're still in my mouthAnd you know I guess that makes me the winner Aus Songtexte Mania