Some say it began with the erection of the public shrine
Some say it began before
Some say it began when twenty years has passed
Some say it began at ten
Some say it began when the fans came to the sycamore,
And left their tiny offerings for His spirit
Some say it began with the swan at his service
Some say it began with the collision
Then others, they say it began with his comeback,
And the vague allusions of Orpheus in his swan song

And some say it began with his string of hit songs
And some say it began with one or another single
Some say it began with Grace Jones
Some say it began with June Child
Some say a manager
Some say a band
Some say it began when he discovered Bob Dylan
But it truth it began today, back in 1947, in Hackney
It was the right time, and right place, for a new son of Apollon
And so we sing praise to Marc Bolan