(James Young)
When I was a young man, I had to kick and scratch and claw
Now it's like top gun in the Old West, everybody wants me to

draw
If I had known it would be like this I might have given it a
second thought

But if someone had told me to give it up, it's a line that I
wouldn't have bought


Look at me
I'm the great white hope
Can't you see

I'm up against the ropes
Don't you know
It's so hard to cope

When you feel
Like the great white hope


Now you've paid your money you're sitting in your ringside
seat
And I know that some of you out there, might wanna see the champ

get beat
If I had known it would be like this I might have given it a
second thought

But real life sure isn't like school, there's some lessons that
just can't be taught


Look at me
I'm the great white hope
Can't you see

I'm up against the ropes
Don't you know
It's so hard to cope

When you feel
Like the great white hope