| Shane Warne, well known to history
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| Shane Warne, bowler of mystery
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| Whenever you walked up to the wicket
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| A change came over the game of cricket
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| You had the leg spin, flipper and googly
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| You came on the scene in 1992
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| A little Indian batsman taught him a thing or two
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| This fellow, some said, you don’t stand a chance
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| Soon he began to make the ball dance
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| In Sri Lanka, he first showed his colours through
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| In Manchester, England, 1993
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| He bowled what they call the ball of the century
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| Mike Gatting looked up, struck as dumb as a post
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| And walked from the crease like he’d just seen a ghost
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| Shane Warne’s first Ashes delivery
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| From that time on, he played with the batsmen’s mind
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| From Brisbane to Durban, he had them in such a bind
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| To go forward or back, to play or abstain
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| Intensely, the pressure built up in the brain
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| And always, the chirping from behind
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| And Mr. Warne on his phone sent a lot of texts
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| 'Cause he liked to have quite a lot of sex
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| Took a prohibited pill to lose his love handles
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| Said, «Mum gave it to me»
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| It was a terrible scandal
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| We wonder what would Warney do next
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| Shane Warne, truly a sporting magician
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| Always played like a man on a mission
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| Each time he came in to bat or bowl
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| He believed in his powers to take control
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| Even when he was not in the peak of condition
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| Shane Warne bowled with his friend, Glenn McGrath
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| In Sydney, they took their last hurrah
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| Now, Ponting and Taylor and Steve Waugh all agree
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| To have two such men, they were lucky indeed
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| Shane Warne and his good friend, Glenn McGrath |