Sonny the strong paid over the odds
Nobody could hear the call of his pain
He was already aching so many scars
From a lonely life in and out of the bars
He had a fire raging inside
The only way that he could survive
But it took all his faith
Till he soon became
The champion, the unknown king
Now at the top, life was never the same
When all he could hear was the call of his name
He wanted love but it lost him all the time
But it's hard to find when your love lies bleak
And he couldn't believe it
All then the fame comes
And they don't want to see you
He fought with his demons
The money and the mob
The world he was in
But that was a fight that he couldn't win
Hard right, suckers off of the first line.
Against the road, second to the top.
Hard right, drag down.
Sonny the fighter went over the top.
He traded gloves for a rifle and he sent him to war.
It was a deal that cost him so much more.
Cause it's hard to fight when your friends lie bleeding.
You know when the game's up.
When there's no entertainment.
Just left with his demons.
The fatherless child, the outcast within.
Well, that was a fight that he couldn't win.
Oh, sonny the strong.
Oh, sonny the fighter.
Oh, sonny the strong.
Oh, sonny the strong.
Hard to fight when your friends lie bleeding.
Oh, sonny the strong.




It's hard to fight when your friends lie bleeding.
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