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Champion (Vocal & Piano)

from Champion (Single) by Dave Caruso

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    This 6-song CD with jewel case & shrinkwrap includes the single "Champion" from Dave's album, "Cardboard Vegas Roundabout," plus 4 bonus tracks of alternate mixes from the album, plus an early mix of "Listen to This," from Dave's "Buddha Pesto Manifesto" album. The cover art is a playful recreation of the Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" classic album cover.

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    1. Champion (Album Version)
    2. I've Tried To Write You (A Capella)
    3. Mystery & Sweetness (Vox Mix)
    4. Champion (A Capella)
    5. Champion (Vocal & Piano)
    6. Listen to This (Premix)

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lyrics

Champion
(Words & music ©2014 by Dave Caruso)

Hey, look at me--I'm a home-run ball that got lost in the weeds
But there's a girl I can’t forget
She just hasn't found me yet
And I'm the one true thing she really needs

Tried to be true to whatever it is that I was meant to do
But how many tries will it take
How many missteps and brave mistakes
Before I find the girl who fits the shoe?

How do you keep it light while peeling back layers of bittersweet insight?
Introspection's all the rage
But in your life story I'm an empty page

Eh, could it be--I’m a lonely stretch of road you never stop to see?
Until you find yourself burned out
On some cardboard Vegas roundabout (around & about)
Another disappointment on your sleeve

I don’t believe in regret; I'm a little bit older but I'm not dead yet
Looking my future in the eye
But in the game of courage I’m a few points shy

This place of mine could use a coat of paint
And we could both use a woman's touch
Fate missed again but not by much

Wait and see--But I wonder: How much longer will it be?
Am I too tough for my own good? // Am I just misunderstood?
The meaning of this dance is a mystery

But I won’t give up the fight // I punch in at dawn and I clock out at midnight
A blackened eye and a bruised-up chin
I know what it feels like to be a champion

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from Champion (Single), released September 28, 2015

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Dave Caruso Detroit, Michigan

Dave Caruso is a melodic pop songwriter, indie recording artist & music educator from Detroit, MI.

Dave offers a series of livestream songwriting courses at his website.

He's also the creator and host of SongwriterStories.com, a songwriting and music discovery podcast, featuring fascinating interviews with songwriters like Matthew Sweet, Marshall Crenshaw, Vicki Peterson and Tony Macaulay.
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