Extreme

Songwriter: Gary Cherone Nuno Bettencourt

Producer: Bob St. John Nuno Bettencourt

Last round
Looks like I'm in for a fight
Knocked down
There is nowhere left to hide
Stick and move
When I try to run away
Old one two
I only end up face to face
Mirror, mirror
It's getting clearer
It's just me and my shadow
Dancing 'round the ring
I try to fight it but then how can I win
When I'm only shadow boxing
Time out
I'm looking for a standing eight
No doubt, yeah
My inside has come out to play
Bob N Weave
It's conscious of my every move
Been deceived
Can no longer ignore the truth
Mirror, mirror
It's getting clearer
Split decisions blurs my vision
It's just me and my shadow
Dancing 'round the ring
I try to fight it but then how can I win
When I'm only shadow boxing
When I'm only shadow boxing
It's just me and my shadow
Dancing 'round the ring
I try to fight it but how can I win
When I'm only shadow boxing
When I'm only shadow boxing
Yeah, I'm only

Extreme is an American rock band, currently headed by frontman Gary Cherone and guitarist Nuno Bettencourt. The band reached the height of their popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s with original line-up Gary Cherone, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Geary and Patrick Badger.

Among some of Extreme’s musical influences are Van Halen, Queen, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin. The band played at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992. Geary left the group in 1994 to form an artist management company, and Cherone joined Van Halen in 1996. The band has described their music as “funky metal” in the early days, but it would evolve much more in the mid-1990s by blending classic rock influences with post-grunge and alternative rock.

They have released five studio albums, two EPs (in Japan) and two compilation albums since their formation. The band was one of the most successful rock acts of the early 1990s, selling over 10 million albums worldwide. Extreme achieved their greatest success with their 1990 album Pornograffitti, which peaked at number 10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified gold in May 1991 and double platinum in October 1992. That album featured the acoustic ballad single “More Than Words”, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

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Waiting for the Punchline

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Waiting for the Punchline (1995)

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