Champion Of The World

from Poetical Science by JT Steam

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I'd like you to meet a friend of mine
And listen to his tales
As he sits at the barroom table
Nursing his golden ale

Recounting how he'd take on the best
And travel far and wide
He's lived an extraordinary life

You wouldn't think it to look at him now
But when he was in his prime he was
The Rock Paper Scissors Champion of the World
In Nineteen seventy nine

He was unseeded that year
Thought he was out of the hunt
His rock had become predictable
His scissors always blunt

But he fought his way to the final
And when it was time to decide
The paper he threw was inspired

And when the top players came up against him
They felt he was reading their mind, he was
The Rock Paper Scissors Champion of the World
In Nineteen seventy nine

Reliving his former glories
With a wistful look in his eyes
Don't play him for money
He'll take the prize

And you wouldn't think it to look at him now
But when he was in his prime he was
The Rock Paper Scissors Champion of the World
In Nineteen seventy nine, he was
The Rock Paper Scissors Champion of the World
In Nineteen seventy nine

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from Poetical Science, released January 8, 2023

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JT Steam is an academic by day who writes nerdy folk songs by night with an ever growing collection of ukuleles.

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