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