I'VE PAID MY DUES
TIME AFTER TIME
I'VE DONE
MY SENTENCE
BUT COMMITTED
NO CRIME
AND BAD MISTAKES
I'VE MADE A FEW
I'VE HAD MY SHARE
OF SAND KICKED
IN MY FACE BUT I'VE
COME THROUGH
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
MY FRIENDS
AND WE'LL KEEP ON
FIGHTING TILL THE END
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
NO TIME FOR LOSERS
'CAUSE WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
OF THE WORLD
I'VE TAKEN MY BOWS
AND MY CURTAIN CALLS
YOU BROUGHT ME
FAME AND FORTUNE
AND EVERYTHING
THAT GOES WITH IT
I THANK YOU ALL
BUT IT'S BEEN
NO BED OF ROSES
NO PLEASURE CRUISE
I CONSIDER IT
A CHALLENGE BEFORE
ALL HUMAN RACE
AND I'D NEVER LOSE
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
MY FRIENDS
AND WE'LL KEEP ON
FIGHTING TILL THE END
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
NO TIME FOR LOSERS
'CAUSE WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
MY FRIENDS
AND WE'LL KEEP ON
FIGHTING TILL THE END
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
NO TIME FOR LOSERS
'CAUSE WE ARE
THE CHAMPIONS
