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 FORTUEN 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 THE WHOLE HUMAN RACE - AND I AIN'T GONNA 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 - OF THE WORLD -