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come on in kid
take a seat
we haven't been introduced but I saw you at the United last month when Tommy got beat
a friend pointed you out, said you're the real deal
said you've been working real hard
he couldn't remember your name
but he liked what he saw
you're new here, aren't you?
how you like it?
it can be a cold place
Tommy wasted years knocking at the door
waiting to be let in
didn't matter how he moved, how he burnt the place down
no one would cut us in
I don't need to tell you that we got there
don't need to list everyone that Tommy put down
he's lost his last three but he'll never give up
spent ten years carving his name into this town
but you were there, kid
it looked close, but a guy like you has gotta know
the last fight was bad
Tommy's getting slow
I have to believe he knows those days are behind him
but he just can't help
getting back up
hoping for one more
that's where you come in
really think about it, kid
this could be good for you
share the stage with a lion
really hear the crowd crack
four or five steps forward
maybe one step back
a half dozen good rounds
give em a hell of a show
you know Tommy can still throw them
no one, no one, no one will ever have to know
I know you're hungry
I won't make you dance
skip the line, bring your people with you
don't leave it up to chance
Tommy is fading but everyone around here knows him as a king
you didn't come up here, kid
but you still heard his name ring
didn't you
didn't you
or 
you can just keep knocking
you can knock and knock 
and knock and knock and knock
maybe someone will hear you and come and open up
or maybe it's locked

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GOLF (Conor James O'Brien)