Sean the Blade
Member
Canadian rockers Nickelback, famously Blades, originally wrote the smash hit Rock Star whilst busking on Fargate. I have unearthed the original lyrics, and here they are…
I'm through with standin' in lines to clubs I'll never get in
I'm on the Hillsborough kop and we’re never gonna win
This season hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be
(Tell me what you want)
I want a run down house on an episode of FLOODS
With a cubby hole to hide stolen goods
And a big tin bath
Big enough for coal plus me
(Yeah, so what you need?)
I need a credit card with a ten bob limit
Get the players to buy their own train ticket
Gonna buy another big club?
Don Valley’s lookin good to me
(Been there, done that)
I want an old team bus full of ageing stars
Even better’n that, let em drive their own cars
Somewhere between Barnet
And Bury is fine for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life
For benefit, I’m lame
I'd even wash my hair
on my sign-on day
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And well, hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
Hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
I wanna be great like Currie but without the hair
I’d love to be swarve and debonaire
‘stead I’m down the soup kitchen
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the Heinz tomato, ha, ha)
I'm gonna dress my ass with Puma and Kick
Get a season ticket to the West Bar nick
Gonna date a fertile woman
Get more benefit for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life
For benefit, I’m lame
I'd even wash my hair
on my sign-on day
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the Omega rooms
With the latest dictionary so I can spell ‘un-cool’
I'll paint anything you like from within a mile
I’ve got Lee Strap-on on speed dial
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the Blades
But it won’t matter, cos we’re always upstaged
Get washed-up nobodies on the field
pray for a miracle, an investement deal
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the Omega rooms
With the latest dictionary so I can spell ‘un-cool’
I'll paint anything you like from within a mile
I’ve got Lee Strap-on on speed dial
Well, hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
Hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
I'm through with standin' in lines to clubs I'll never get in
I'm on the Hillsborough kop and we’re never gonna win
This season hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be
(Tell me what you want)
I want a run down house on an episode of FLOODS
With a cubby hole to hide stolen goods
And a big tin bath
Big enough for coal plus me
(Yeah, so what you need?)
I need a credit card with a ten bob limit
Get the players to buy their own train ticket
Gonna buy another big club?
Don Valley’s lookin good to me
(Been there, done that)
I want an old team bus full of ageing stars
Even better’n that, let em drive their own cars
Somewhere between Barnet
And Bury is fine for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life
For benefit, I’m lame
I'd even wash my hair
on my sign-on day
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And well, hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
Hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
I wanna be great like Currie but without the hair
I’d love to be swarve and debonaire
‘stead I’m down the soup kitchen
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the Heinz tomato, ha, ha)
I'm gonna dress my ass with Puma and Kick
Get a season ticket to the West Bar nick
Gonna date a fertile woman
Get more benefit for me
(So how you gonna do it?)
I'm gonna trade this life
For benefit, I’m lame
I'd even wash my hair
on my sign-on day
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the Omega rooms
With the latest dictionary so I can spell ‘un-cool’
I'll paint anything you like from within a mile
I’ve got Lee Strap-on on speed dial
I'm gonna sing those songs that offend the Blades
But it won’t matter, cos we’re always upstaged
Get washed-up nobodies on the field
pray for a miracle, an investement deal
'Cause we all just wanna be wendy fans
And live in run down houses, drivin' clapped out vans
The kids come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we can’t afford to eat
And we'll hang out in the cheapest bars
Pretend we’re VIP’s and movie stars
Every shell suit chav’s gonna wind up there
Every old age slapper with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the Omega rooms
With the latest dictionary so I can spell ‘un-cool’
I'll paint anything you like from within a mile
I’ve got Lee Strap-on on speed dial
Well, hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
Hey, hey, I wanna be a wendy fan
