Shine Like Shane

[MARK WAUGH, spoken]
Mate, you sell your image. You sell yourself. They buy it. They buy you. Christ, mate, they own you! Just how it works. Now, listen, all you gotta do is get down that barrel, and say you're sorry. For fuck's sake, Shane, try and look humble.

[SHANE WARNE]
Is this where I say sorry?
'Cause you got me on the spot
Apologise just because I'm not what the public wants
What, a knight in shining armour
Not a hooligan in thongs?
They want Richie Cunningham
But fuck that, I'm the Fonz
Yeah, I made some bad decisions
I have to live with them
And you can't hold back the horse after it volts
Tell me, what's the use lamenting
What went down between consenting adults?

[COMPANY]
Ooh ooh ooh

[MARK, spoken]
Stay on message.

[COMPANY]
Ooh ooh ooh

[MARK, spoken]
On message!

[COMPANY]
Ooh ooh ooh

[SHANE]
Excuse me, folks, for not begging
Forgiveness on my knees
But when I bowl I'm sure you all look glued to your TVs
And now you turn your back on me
I'm dirt, is that the deal?
Since when does shagging someone else
Mean I can't see the field?
You all want vanilla
Would another flavour kill ya?
Or is boring, old conformity the rage?
I thought I gave the game some colour
But you'd rather it was dull and beige
Gossip and sleaze
And celebrities
Don't you see? It's all completely insane
Yeah, I sent some texts
And Australia forgets
That I won't them the occasional game
I can't leave my house
Or even scratch my own arse
Without it splashed all over the front page
The self-righteous and smug
Can have their day in the sun
But they're never gonna shine
Never gonna shine like Shane

[INTERVIEWER]
Never?

[SHANE]
No, never

[INTERVIEWER]
Never?

[SHANE]
Shine like Shane
No, never

[COMPANY]
No, never

[SHANE]
Never

[COMPANY]
No, never

[SHANE]
Never

[COMPANY]
No, never
Shine like Shane

[SHANE]
Years' success has cost me
I'm just another lopped tall poppy
That's what they do when you're an Aussie
Someone chops you down to size
So as Simone and I are hurting
Journalists are perving through our curtains
And I'll tell you this for certain
They'll just print lies

[COMPANY]
Lies
They'll all put lies

[SHANE (COMPANY)]
When the chips were all down
And the team looked around
It was me they asked to win the game (Me they asked to win the game)
All the critics and pricks
History forgets
But they're always gonna shout my name (Always gonna shout your name)
Stuie MacGill
Marched to the top of the hill
But I swear I'm march him down again (Swear you'll march him down again)
You can crown a new king
In a shower of bling
But he's never gonna shine like Shane

[COMPANY]
Never gonna shine like Shane

[SHANE]
Never gonna shine

[SHANE & COMPANY]
Never gonna shine like Shane

[COMPANY]
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)
Shine like Shane
Shine like Shane
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)
Shine like Shane
Shine like Shane
Never (Oh, never)

[SHANE]
No they're never gonna shine

[COMPANY]
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)
Never (Oh, never)

[SHANE]
No they're never gonna shine

[COMPANY]
Shine like Shane
Shine like Shane
Never (Oh, never)

[SHANE]
No they're never gonna

[COMPANY]
Never (Oh, never)

[SHANE]
No they're never gonna

[SHANE & COMPANY]
Long as they may try but they will never
Shine like Shane
Like Shane
Like Shane