Horrible Histories - Flame Lyrics
In 776BC Olympics were begunGreece was the only country, so naturally we wonCheats built bronzes of God Zeus were we honest winnersThe answer's no we had more statues than you've had hot dinnersOur games meant truce was called in war a peace every 4 yearsBut 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 *****FLAMEIt's gonna burn foreverLove for Olympic heroesFLAMEWe'd like one next howeverSadly it's Emperor NeroHey watch it you two, alrightI went from Rome to Greece so I could play them at their gamesIN 67AD you know I won Olympic fameTold them to include a contest based on poetryNot much good for sportsmen no, but brilliant for meCrashed my racing chariot but still awarded goldHey my Olympics my rulesTo argue would be boldI won every medal that was up for grabsThe crowd loved it well they had to or I would have had them stabbed, OK?FLAMEOlympic champion that's meMy games were emperors own roundFLAMEThink I was bad in 393Christian Rome had them bannedIt's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's over, it's overSHAMEWAIT not so fastI'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 we launched the games in dear old GreeceHoped it would make men more morale as well as less obeseWe built a stadium so we could start to playGames of the modern Olympics which we still have todayFLAMEI'm on my personal gloryBut no-one remembers my nameFLAMESo 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 hey Hitler mad ha it made him furiousHitler said Berlin should be the games Germanic baseSo he could show the world Aryans were the master raceI won in 4 events he had to back pedalHis evil theory destroyed with every medalFLAMEIt's gonna burn foreverOlympics are never in doubtFLAMEA fire of sporting endeavourYou realise it's actually gone outOlympic, OlympicFLAME
