FUNNY · ARENA ROCK
Mildly Legendary
For Rob, champion of the moderately difficult
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Why this song was made
Friends commission an absurdly grand rock anthem for Rob, a man who treats finding a parking space like an Olympic victory. Beneath the mock heroics, they celebrate the dependable friend who always turns up to help.
Read the lyrics
[Verse 1]
Let the thunder shake the heavens, let the mighty banners fly,
He has put the fitted bedsheet on successfully first try.
He reversed into a parking space with only one correction,
Then stood beside the vehicle expecting some affection.
He found the matching plastic lid; he held it to the light,
And told the story twice before we'd finished dinner that night.
[Chorus]
Mildly legendary, raise him to the sky,
He read the full instructions and he gave the thing a try.
Mildly legendary, let the people sing,
All hail the undefeated king of fairly normal things.
Oh, Rob, receive your crown,
You turned it off and on again and brought the printer round.
[Verse 2]
He came home from the supermarket carrying every bag,
Both arms purple, keys unreachable, refusing any help.
He opened one stiff pickle jar and flexed beside the sink,
Then asked if we'd seen what he'd done before we had a drink.
The barbecue took three long hours; the sausages survived,
He bowed beneath a towel cape, delighted to be alive.
[Bridge]
You may not move a mountain, but you helped me move a bed,
You drove across the town because of something small I said.
No fireworks, no audience, no epic victory tune,
Just Rob beside my moving van, who gave his afternoon.
[Chorus]
Mildly legendary, raise him to the sky,
He read the full instructions and he gave the thing a try.
Mildly legendary, let the people sing,
All hail the undefeated king of fairly normal things.
Oh, Rob, receive your crown,
You turned it off and on again and brought the printer round.
