Teeth Lost and Hearts Won

The class room was full and the kids were still rowdy

I had eyes for one girl but love was no certainty

The teacher talked about Greeks, of the Athenians and Hippocrates

Of wars won and lost and the famous battle of Thermopylae

She looked over to me and passed a pink note

"It's over with him, It's you that I want"

My heart started to race and hands began to tremble

What if her boyfriend found out what might my face then resemble

But it's was a risk worth taking for a moment with her

Those hazel nut eyes and long platnium hair

If it came down to violence I was duly prepared

Three years of Karate meant I wouldn't be scared

But Charlie, her Boyfriend was a bruiser in size

He stood six foot tall and I was about to take away his prize

No matter the odds whether they be slim or not

I figured I would go out swinging and put in my lot

The school bell rang and she took my hand

"Charlie knows now and is ever so mad"

I don't remember much other than walking past the school band

So I will tell you an account that was given to me first hand

I was told Charlie walked up to me and swung with his right

He swung  so hard he turned off my lights

But when I woke up my head was not broke

There was a crowd standing around me and a lump in my throat

She had kissed my bruised lips and was icing my shoulder

In that moment a feather could have bowled me over

Thirty years to the day when I look in the mirror 

I know that in life you can lose but still be a winner