Zatopeks The Night That Spider Earned His Colours
Well don't you know I'm number one in this townBut I
don't mind when the girls like another guy's style
But the word was on the street from the Rebel Rock
Insider
There's a new kid hanging round and he calls himself
the Spider
And the girls know DeNiro is a tolerant man
To all the local gangs I know I like to lend a helping
hand
But things were getting kind of crazy and the only
choice I saw
Was a drag race at the point, we've got to lay down the
law
And the moon was shining high above Rebel Point that
night
As Spider's Chevy slowly topped the hill yeah yeah
He stepped out on the curb and leaned real casual on
the hood
Said 'some guys have been hanging round, look like
they're up to no good'
And he seemed the kind of cat who liked to play it
straight
I took him at his word and said 'Let's get on with the
race'
We jumped behind the wheels and dropped the lights down
low
Just as the Giant raised the flag and shouted '1-2-3-
Go!'
Well the race was neck and neck until the final curve
We saw some Vipers on the line, I guess we both had to
swerve
I took a headcount we were looking at a ten versus two
Spider shrugged it off, he dug it, man he knew what to
do
In three seconds flat he'd put Jimmy on the floor
The Vipers backing off they were not liking what they
saw
I lit a smoke, shook his hand, said 'Kid, I guess
you're alright
I wonder, son, you want to cruise with the Zatopeks
tonight?'
