British Six Million Dollar Man

The title role of The Six Million Dollar Man was Steve Austin played by Lee Majors and was on TV from about 1974 for a good few years.I'm going back over 30 years to 1977, the year of the Queen's Silver Jubilee, when, I recall, I was playing golf in a 4 ball (with neighbours I had met at our street party) and, between shots, I was composing, in my head, the following piece about Britain's answer to Steve Austin.

When I'm fully wound, I can hear the soundOf a pin make a crater in the sandAnd twenty miles away I can safely sayThere's a sparrow coming down to landMy costume's red, white and blueI'm British through and throughI'm a clockwork SupermanWhen my rocket crashed, they fixed me upNo expense, they said, was sparedI cost £2,000, including spare keyI can jump twenty feet in the airI come with guaranteeAnd it's plain to seeI'm a clockwork Superman

Middle Eight

Bio-clockwork, tick tock, Two Grand ManThat's what I amDoing what I canNo job is too tough for meFor the Queen (God bless her)And the Countryyyy

If I 'm talking slow, you're sure to knowMy clockwork's winding downWind me up but please take careWhere you put the keeeeeeeyBut don't overwindOr you'll findI'm a clockwork.......clockwork.....clockwork.....clockwork.....

clockwork.....

We lost the match and my partner blamed me...he said I wasn't concentrating!