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[Verse 1: Greek Man 1]
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In 776BC
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Olympics were begun
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Greece was the only country
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So naturally we won
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Cheats built bronzes of God Zeus
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Were we honest winners
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The answer's no, we had more statues
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Than you've had hot dinners
[Verse 1: Greek Man 2]
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Our games meant truce was called in war
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A peace every 4 years
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But wrestling was so violent
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That bouts could end in tears
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No girls allowed to watch or run
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That might sound rude
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But makes sense when I tell you
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We competed nude
[Chorus 1]
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Flame!
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It's gonna burn forever
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Love for Olympic heroes (Flame!)
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We'd like one next, however
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Sadly it's Emperor Nero
[Verse 2: Nero]
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(spoken) Hey watch it you two, alright
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I went from Rome to Greece
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So I could play them at their games
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In 67AD you know
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I won Olympic fame
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I told them to include a contest
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Based on poetry
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Not much good for sportsmen, no
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But brilliant for me
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Crashed my racing chariot
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But still awarded gold
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Hey, my Olympics, my rules
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To argue would be bold
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I won every medal
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That was up for grabs
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The crowd loved it, well they had to
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Or I would have had them stabbed, OK
[Chorus 2]
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Flame!
[Nero]
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Olympic champion that's me
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My games were Emperor's own brand (Flame!)
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Think I was bad, in 393
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Christian Rome had them banned
[All]
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It's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over
[Nero]
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Shame!
[Verse 3:Baron de Coubertin]
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(spoken) Wait, not so fast!
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I'm Baron de Coubertin
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A famous French historian
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I read of the Olympic Games
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Thought I should try restoring them
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They'd be just like the old days
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I said, but did propose
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That unlike Greeks, Victorians
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Should do them wearing clothes
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In 1896 relaunched
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The games in dear old Greece
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Hoped it would make men more moral
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As well as less obese
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Rebuilt a stadium
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So we could start to play
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Games of the modern Olympics
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Which we still have today
[Chorus 3]
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Flame!
[Baron de Coubertin]
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I'm owed my personal glory
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But no-one remembers my name (Flame!)
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So here to finish our story
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A man who has gold plated fame
[Verse 4:Jesse Owens]
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I'm Jesse Owens
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Fastest man in 1936
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I took home 4 gold medals, yeah
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But that's just the basics
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What you should know
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About the fact I was victorious
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Is, it made Herr Hitler mad
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Ha, it made him Führer-ious!
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Hitler said Berlin should be
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The games' Germanic base
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So he could show the world
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Aryans were the master race
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I won in 4 events
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He had to back pedal
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His evil theory
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Destroyed with every medal
[Chorus 4]
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Flame!
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It's gonna burn forever
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Olympics are never in doubt (Flame!)
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A fire of sporting endeavour
[Greek Man 2]
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(spoken) You realise it's actually gone out
[All]
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Olympic, Olympic Flame!
