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Johnny Flynn – Wayne Rooney (2008) | Track profile | Dork

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Johnny Flynn
A Larum
Wayne Rooney

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Wayne Rooney

Release date: 25th May 2008

From A Larum

Track 8

4:18

Singer/Songwriter Music Traditional Folk Contemporary Singer/Songwriter

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About This Track

"Wayne Rooney" is a track by Johnny Flynn, from the album A Larum, released 25th May 2008. The track is 4:18 long. It's filed under Singer/Songwriter. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Johnny Flynn.

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Johnny Flynn

Johnny Flynn

Lyrics

Wayne Rooney

You're one of those elephant hunters from Ebbsfleet
Primordial superman
I know the trouble you've gotten in
Leave this trouble half cottoned down

If I know better, I don't know better
If I know better, I don't know better

The pigeon's half alive
The other half's in bed
We'll pray for the pigeon or half at least
And pray he's not half dead

If I know better, I don't know better
If I know better, I don't know better

The bartender looks like George Best
Plenty of them do
Look at the way that George went astray
And has since been misconstrued

If I know better, I don't know better
If I know better, I don't know better

Got caught in a sacrilegious embrace
We're entrepreneurs in the field
Till we rolled on the bones and we made them our own
And the road to contention was sealed

If I know better, I don't know better
If I know better, I don't know better

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Track details

From A Larum

4:182008

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Album

Track number

8

Release year

2008

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4:07
3Tickle Me Pink
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Johnny Flynn: Starman

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How do you take on playing an actual legend? As David Bowie in new film Stardust, Johnny Flynn isn’t afraid of a challenge.

18 Jan 2021 • 9:43 am

5Eyeless In Holloway

6Shore to Shore

8Wayne Rooney

4:18

11Hong Kong Cemetry

13All the Dogs Are Lying Down

14Shore to Shore (Reprise)

15The Ghost of O'Donahue

—Tickle Me Pink

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Johnny Flynn
Producer: Ryan Hadlock
Drums: Matt Edmonds
Guitar: Johnny Flynn
Vocals: Johnny Flynn
Background Vocals: Matt Edmonds
Organ: Adam Beach
Percussion: Matt Edmonds