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I Once was a Contender Lyrics by Kate Vargas

2025

[Verse 1]
\nIt's a good day for grieving
\nOr reading a book
\nOr writhing around on the kitchen floor
\nGetting strung out to the sounds of Sam Cook
\nIt's a fine time for screaming
\nThe paper mache
\nBut lately I've found myself much more incline to throw knives at the empty space
\nRemember me
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nOoh, with the lights off
\nRemember me, please, in the neon
\nKiss cams, dripping with enviable splendor
\nMade to be on the big screen
\nYour former Miss Quay County Fair Queen
\nRemеmber I once was a contendеr
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nYes, I hailed the train
\nThe old smile and blush
\nLike when dad punched the wall and Ma covered the hole with a terracotta jesus
\nGo shoot for the stars, babe, but follow the plot
\nFuture so bright, I covered my eyes and set fire to the very thought
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nRemember me with the lights off
\nRemember me, please, in the neon
\nKiss cams, dripping with enviable splendor
\nMade to be on the big screen
\nYour former Miss Quay County Fair Queen
\nRemember I once was a contender
\nOoh, remember me with the lights off
\nRemember me, please, in the neon
\nKiss cams, dripping with enviable splendor
\nMade to be right up there on the big screen
\nYour former Miss Quay County Fair Queen
\nRemember I once was a contender
\n
\n[Bridge]
\nOh, god, don't it feel good to be a contender
\nMaking plans, shaking hands
\nOh, I so wanted to be remembered
\nRemembered as a contender\n\n
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Kate Vargas

Kate Vargas

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