Royalties In The UK, NewsRevue Lyric, 4 April 1994

I can only assume that the book Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) was announced around this time.

I gave it the lyrics treatment and I think this one went down well in NewsRevue.

_ ROYALTIES IN THE UK _

(To the Tune of "Anarchy In The UK")

(The strained rhymes are deliberate and should be done Pistols style, e.g. novel-iste, be-ography etc)

INTRO

Write now……(that’s w.r.i.t.e. ha ha ha ha)

VERSE 1

I was an anarchist,
Now I’m a novelist;
I still can’t pronounce and I still seldom rhyme,
I wanna compose a book of prose;
Cos I wanna Bi-ography.

VERSE 2

Not all the Pistols could survive,
Vicious is an adjective;
It also is a proper noun,
I think I’d better write that down.
Cos I wanna be literary.

VERSE 3

A history of the punk age,
Use a safety pin to mark the page;
You wouldn’t have bet,
That I am literate,
But this author’s scheme,
Is for an income stream.

OUTRO

Cos I wanna see royalties,
(And I don’t mean the monarchy);
I want literary royalties,
(From the public library),
Cos I wanna be wealthy!!

Here is a video of the Sex Pistols singing Anarchy In The UK with lyrics on the screen:

Below is the official video of the Sex Pistols singing that iconic song: