The Sheriff Of Huddersfield

Album: The First Ten Years (1986)
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  • (We're on a mission from Rod)
    (One, two, three, four)
    (Don't think it's quite bloody funny at all)
    (Don't know what you're laughing about)

    Life in a city, living in L.A.'s along way from Huddersfield town
    The back of the Rainbow's a long way from heaven
    But that's where he get's his pork pie
    Limos and ladies they're driving him queasy
    Rugby and cricket's unknown
    Baseball and football they're making him lazy
    Your fan club says "Rodney come home"

    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    Look down on Hollywood Hills
    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
    (No, I'm not)

    A good game of arrows, a few dozen barrels
    The Nautilus rusts in the yard
    The Yorkshire he's yearning but because he's earning
    He'll always live in L.A.
    A custom made wallet that stays in his pocket
    And never comes out to pay bills
    He's winning at poker and playing the Joker
    And he always cheats when he deals

    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    Look down on Hollywood Hills
    Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    You're our own Hot Rod on wheels

    Hello, let me introduce myself!
    My name is Rodney, I'm immensely strong
    When I were a lad
    I could lift up five navies on an end of a shovel
    The reason I never took up martial arts is because I'm immensely fearsome
    But I'll probably kill everybody that I came into contact with it
    I was phenomenally strong
    Pride and ego, my lads, pride and ego
    Is what makes the world rotate
    And everybody knows that the center of the universe is Huddersfield
    That's why I don't live there anymore
    I live in Los Angeles
    It's great! I think

    Rufus the red has a crane by his bed
    To wrench himself up in the morn'
    But if you dare to tread at the foot of his bed
    You'll wish you'd never been born (bloody well right)
    A bear with a sore head, we don't mean your forehead
    He slumbers for most of the day (bloody watch it)
    Wide eyed and legless, baked beans for breakfast
    Your problem Rodney's L.A. (no, it isn't)

    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    Look down on Hollywood Hills
    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle
    You're our own Hot Rod on wheels
    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle (no, I don't know what you're making a fuss about?)
    Look down on Hollywood Hills
    The Sheriff of Huddersfield locked in his castle (I don't, I'm not in it for the money)
    You're our own Hot Rod on wheels (I like it here, the sun shines all night) Writer/s: Adrian Frederick Smith, Bruce Dickinson, David Michael Murray, Nicholas Mcbrain, Stephen Percy Harris
    Publisher: UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 6

  • Spic N Span from BeverlyThere is no rap in the song, just a bridge where someone is talking and it isn't performed by Rod--he didn't even know about the song until it was pressed. It was performed quite obviously by the singer.
  • Martin from Reading, United KingdomYeah Bruce immitated Rod which as you can imagine Rod didn't like one bit! On the re-release singles to celebrate the first 10 years, Nicko recorded some stories/jokes & recalled how this recording came about. His impression of Rod was actually better than Bruce's! "When I were a lad I could lift five navvies on 'tent o' shovel"!
  • Thomas from Northern Germany@sebastian: It´s included on the "Wastes Years"-single, which - as far as I know - is still available at Amazon.
  • Sebastian from Fredrikstad, United Stateswhere do you find this song?
  • Rex Jackson from Sleze Lans, MaI have a version of "quick or dead" with Space Station 5 on it (pretty good. At the end of that song there is a "Sherrif of Huddergield" repirse of sorts..It ends with Rod (probably Bruce) saying "I'm glad I'm back...England bloody needed me"
    PS - not all of the singles came with the banter, some just stopped at the end of the music.."here comes Metallica in the rearview mirror!!!"
  • Claudio from Genova, ItalyThe rap said above is actually performed by Bruce Dickinson (singer of the band) imitating Rod's voice...
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