Why Can't I Run Like The Other Girls Do by Nerd


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Brit Flits Nix Knicks! London (August 2001) -- Female athletes competing for Britain in the World Championships say their official team knickers are too skimpy. The runners are worried they will be flashing their bottoms at spectators. Officials say they don't want athletes to feel uncomfortable and have allowed them to wear last year's Olympic kit. Kathy Butler, who is competing in the 5000m at the championships in Canada, says the small knickers have left athletes with a dilemma. "If you pull them up you can see your bum and when you pull them down you can see your hips. They just don't fit properly," she said. She added: "I can't find my old Olympic ones, so I'll be wearing the hipsters." A spokesman for UK Athletics said that officials have given the all-clear for runners to wear last year's design. "Something had to be done. We can't ask our top athletes to run 25 laps wearing something they feel uncomfortable in," he said.

Why Can't I Run Like The Other Girls Do by Nerd

Oh, Why Can't I Run like other girls do?
How the hell can I run when my buns are in view?

Chorus::
Hallelujah! It's my bum, Hallelujah, hips hooray
Hallelujah! Give us new knickers or we won't play.

Oh, I like my tailor, but he's gotten too bold
So my buns or my hips must hang out in the cold.

Well, winter has come and I'm out by the trackside
Without insulation for my perky backside

Oh, I love my fans and my fans love me,
But I don't want my arse to be on T.V.!

I can't find last year's 'cause that's too long ago
So I'll run with my boxers protruding below.

Oh why didn't I save up my pants from last year?
Well if I had conserved 'em, I wouldn't be here

Singin' Hallelujah! It's my bum, Hallelujah, hips hooray
Hallelujah! Give us new knickers or we won't play.

And poor Kathy Butler will run the 5 K
In hipsters, just so she will not have to say

Hallelujah! It's my bum, Hallelujah, hips hooray
Hallelujah! Give us new knickers or we won't play.

I went to the track and bent down for the gun
And the starter said "lady, that's a pretty left bun"

When next year comes round, I hope to report
We won't nix our nickers for being too short

Hallelujah! It's my bum, Hallelujah, hips hooray
Hallelujah! Give us new knickers or we won't play.