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 Intro

 Our local picture house

 was showing a Batman movie

 You see this guy fly up in the sky,

 I thought to myself, 'Why shouldn't I?'

 So I bought a pair of wings,

went up upon a wall

 I was about to jump into the air

 when a guy from the street called

 He said, 'Hey wait a minute!

Don't you realize the danger?

What do you think you are, some kind of angel?'

I considered for a minute,

realized he spoke the truth.

For the barbells on my eyelids

only emphasised my youth

and the sawdust in my plimsolls

means the same to him as me

But that's neither here nor further,

so I spoke considerately

'Now if you understand

just what I'm trying to say,

whatever you do, don't grin,

you'll give the game away!'

By now a crowd had gathered

and it seemed that all was lost

In the anger of the moment

I had diced with death and lost

It seemed to me the time was right

so I burst into song

In the anger of the moment

the crowd began to sing along

I could not see a way out

of this predicament

Just then a breeze came through the trees

and up in the air I went

I must have flown a mile,

or maybe it was eight

Thought to myself pretty soon

I'd hit the Golden Gates

Just then a passing bird

for no reason I could see

took a peck at my wings and

that was the end of me

I went down, hit the ground

faster than the speed of sound

Luckily I broke no bones only

tore my underclothes

 outro