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In 776 BC Olympics were begunGreece was the only country, so naturally we wonCheats built bronzes of God Zeus were we honest winners? The answer's no: we had more statues than you've had hot dinnersOur games meant truce was called in war a peace every four years But wrestling was so violent, that bouts could end in tearsNo girls allowed to watch or run - that might sound rudeBut makes sense when I tell you we competed nude!Flame!It's gonna burn foreverLove for Olympic heroesFlame! We'd like one next, howeverSadly it's Emperor NeroHey watch it you two alright!I went from Rome to Greece so I could play them at their gamesIn 67 AD you know I won Olympic fameI told them to include a contest based on poetryNot much good for sportsmen, no, but brilliant for me. Ha, ha.Crashed my racing chariot, but still awarded goldHey - my Olympics, my rules, to argue would be bold.SongtexteI won every medal that was up for grabsThe crowd loved it well, they had to, or I would have had them stabbed, okFlame!Olympic champion, that's meMy games were Emperor's own brandFlame!Think I was bad? In 393 Christian Rome had them bannedIt's over It's overIt's overIt's overIt's overIt's overShame!Wait. Not so fast!I'm Baron de Coubertin, a famous French historianI read of the Olympic Games - thought I should try restoring themThey'd be just like the old days, I said, but did proposeThat unlike Greeks, Victorians should do them wearing clothesIn 1896 re-launched the games in dear old GreeceHoped it would make men more moral, as well as less obeseRebuilt a stadium so we could start to playGames of the modern Olympics which we still have todayFlame!I'm owed my personal gloryBut no one remembers my nameFlame!So here to finish our storyA man who has gold-plated fameI'm Jesse Owens, fastest man in 1936I took home 4 gold medals, yeah, but that's just the basicsWhat you should know about the fact I was victoriousIs it made Herr Hitler mad ha, it made him FÃ¼hrer-ousHitler said Berlin should be the games' Germanic baseSo he could show the world Aryans were the master raceI won in four events, he had to back pedalHis evil theory destroyed with every medalFlame! It's gonna burn foreverOlympics are never in doubtFlame!A fire of sporting endeavourYou realise it's actually gone outOlympicOlympicFlame! Aus Songtexte Mania