Life in the city living in L.A. Is a long way from Huddersfield town The back of the Rainbow´s a long way from heaven But that´s where he get his pork pie Limos and ladies they´re driving him crazy Rugby and cricket´s unknown Baseball and football they´re making him lazy Your fan club says 'Rodney come´ome'
The Sheriff of Huddersfield Locked in his castle Looked down on the Hollywood Hills The Sheriff of Huddersfield Locked in his castle You´re our own Hot Rod on wheels
A good game of arrows a few dozen barrels The Nautilus rusts in the yard For Yorkshire he´s yearning but because he´s earning He´ll always live in L.A. A custom made wallet that stays in his pocket And never comes out to pay bills He´s winning at poker and playing the Joker And always cheats when he deals
Hello, let me introduce myself My name´s Rodney I´m immensely strong When I were a lad I could lift up Five navies on the end of a shovel The reason I never took up martial arts Is because I was fearsome And probably Kill everybody That I came into contact with I was phenomenally strong
Pride and ego My lads, Pride and ego Is what makes the world rotate, And everybody knows that The centre of the Universe is Huddersfield That´s why I don´t live there anymore I live in Los Angeles It´s great!... I think
Rufus the red has a crane by his bed To wrench himself up in the morn´ But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed You´ll wish you´d never been born A bear with a sore head we don´t mean your forehead He slumbers for most of the day Wide eyed and legless baked beans for breakfast Your problem Rodney is L.A.
The sin shines all night!
/* This one from Wasted Years single Released on Sep/06/1986. Nice tune with great backings by Nicko.