Lyric Sheets

Next Tuesday is the twentieth anniversary of Marc Bolan's death. A plaque will be placed near the spot on Barnes Common where the pop idol died in 1977.

BOLAN

You heard he purchased shoes,

From Anello and Davide

And went to Eric Clapton

To learn electric lead

And it wasn't Metal Guru Everybody knew

It was Medal G'roo

His satin strides and fun-furs

The Maida Vale pad

The feather boa and make-up

Which drove the teenies mad

But it wasn't Metal Guru

That just wasn't true

It was Medal G'roo

And when it came to singles

He popped them out like peas

Then toured around the country

Posing on his knees

And it wasn't Metal Guru

Nothing else would do

But Medal G'roo

And twenty odd years later

With retrospective sets

There's pop stars and there's Pop Stars

Lest anyone forgets

But it wasn't Metal Guru

Anyone schoolgirl knew

It was Medal G'roo