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Look at these trophies |
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See how my trophies |
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Gleam in the sunlight |
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See how they shine |
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What do you think it took to become |
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English hammer throwing champion |
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1969 |
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Do you think in that moment |
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When my big moment came |
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That I treated the rules |
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With casual disdain? |
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Well? Like hell! |
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As I stepped up to the circle |
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Did I change my plan? |
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Hmm? What? |
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As I chalked up my palms |
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Did I wave my hands? |
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I did not! |
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As I started my spin |
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Did I look at the view |
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Did I drift off and dream |
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For a minute or two? |
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Do you think I faltered |
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Or amended my rotation? |
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Do you think I altered |
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My intended elevation? |
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As the hammer took off |
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Did I change my grunt |
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From the grunt I had practiced |
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For many a month? |
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Not a jot, not a dot |
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Did I stray from the plot |
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Not a detail of my throw |
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Was adjusted or forgotten |
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Not even when the hammer left my hands |
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And sailed up |
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Up above the stands |
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Did I let myself go |
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No no no no no no |
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No no no no NO! no no |
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No |
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If you want to throw the hammer for your country |
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You have to stay inside the circle all the time |
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And if you want to make the team |
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You don't need happiness or self esteem |
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You just need to keep your feet inside the line |
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Sing, children -- 2 3 4 |
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If you want to throw the hammer for your country |
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(Bambinatum est magitum) |
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You have to stay inside the circle all the time |
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(Circular magitum, magitum) |
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And if you want to teach success |
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You don't use sympathy or tenderness |
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(Tenderness) |
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You have to force the little squits to toe the line |
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Sing, Jenny -- 2 3 4 |
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If you want to throw the hammer for your country |
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(Bambinatum, bambinatum gloria magitum) |
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You have to stay inside the circle all the time |
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(Circulum est deus, deus) |
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As I've just one simple rule |
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To hammer throwing, life, and school |
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Life's a ball so learn to throw it |
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Find the bally line and toe it |
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And always keep your feet inside the line |
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Now get out |
