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(I Wish I Could Be Like) Billy The Fish

by Mister Kipling

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The song you've been waiting 30 years for and I can't think of a better time to release it on to an unsuspecting World than in memory of Steve Smith following his recent untimely passing..

Written and recorded in August 1989. An ode to Billy The Fish and name checking a wide cast of characters from the well known comic VIZ.

The best known (only known?) song from the snappily titled Mister Kipling Does Make Exceedingly Good Cakes. The "legendary" band played only one gig and anyone who was there at the hallowed Leicester Venue, The Princess Charlotte, will never forget it! Just don't ask about the Shakin' Stevens Cardboard Cut Out.

Price is set at minimum of £1 but feel free to pay more if you're able. All profits will be donated to the Stroke Association Charity who provided many years of help and support to Steve and his family following his first stroke in 2005.

Find out more about the excellent work they do here

www.stroke.org.uk

lyrics

(I Wish I Could Be Like) BILLY THE FISH

He dives to his left, dives to his right
No one can beat him try as they might
In every game he makes his mark
Who said Billy's a pathetic shark

The best damn keeper his team ever had
He's got more balls than Buster Gonad
Yeah he's really great between the sticks
But he's much better with a plate of chips

Chorus:

I wish I could be like Billy The Fish
He's every girls favourite dish
If I were him it would be bliss
So I wish I could be like Billy The Fish

You train all night, you train all day
My girlfriend always nags
It doesn't change you anyway
Cause you still play like the Fat Slags

I can't play to save my cat
My goalkeeping is really dire
When I play, I play like Victor Pratt
And when I dive I lie like Aldridge Prior

The best damn keeper his team ever had
He's got more balls than Buster Gonad
Yeah he's really great between the sticks
But he's much better with a plate of chips

Chorus x 2

credits

released August 3, 2022
Steve Smith - Vocals
Andy Hartshorn - Guitar
Ade Manning - Guitar
Andy Willett - Bass
Ian Fellowes - Drums

(C) M Ferrin, S Smith, A Hartshorn. A Willett, FBISS Songs

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Mister Kipling Leicester, UK

The short lived "legendary" Leicester Indie Rock Band.

Steve Smith - Vocals
Andy Hartshorn - Guitar
Ade Manning - Guitar
Andy Willett - Bass
Ian Fellowes - Drums

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