How they hang around Like echoes in a chamber Floating in and out From minor into major Wanted you to feel like You could really trust me but maybe I just don't deserve it But when you think it through I'm hoping that you Realize that I have always been beside you Sand between our fingers Time is always movin' along (Here and then it's gone) I wanna be a real contender Whether you see it or not I know it's in there Somewhere this thing that we got For once in my life I am sure of something For once in my life I am sure of something I know my eyes deceive a brief and fleeting failure They want what they don't need I try to see it clearer Changin' of the seasons Time is always creepin' along (Here and then it's gone) I wanna be a real contender Whether you see it or not I know it's in there Somewhere this thing that we got For once in my life I am sure of something For once in my life I am sure of Something there I should've noticed yesterday But now my heart won't let me see it any other way So I wanna be a real contender Whether you see it or not I know it's in there Somewhere this thing that we got For once in my life I am sure of something For once in my life I am sure of something For once in my life I am sure of something For once in my life I am sure of something