It was an illinois farmville small town
Loud middle school cafeteria
And fish shaped fish sticks called fun fish were
On the menu that day
A substitute teacher talking to a table of boys said
Whats the record at these things and through that cafeteria noise
Without hesitation they all said forty-four
fourty-four fun fish
fourty-four fun fish
Flash froze – deep fried – thousand miles of ocean sides stamped out
Salted shredded reheated greased trucked breaded fun fish
Forty-four fun fish
F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty four fun fish
A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta do
Dip- dap’em, why don’t you
Well at the table was a big old farm boy named blane
Teacher says “can you beat that?” he says “well I think I can”
So the kid ran around collectin all the fish he was able
And from his greasy ACDC shirt he plopped them on the table
Blane picked up a fish, dip dapped it in the tartar-sauce
Watered in his mouth, just to show the fish who is the boss
And all proceeded smoothly till the tartar sauce ran out at twenty-five
Fourty-four fun fish
Fourty-four fun fish
Flash froze – deep fried – thousand miles of ocean sides stamped out
Salted shredded reheated greased trucked breaded
fun fish
Fourty-four fun fish
F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty four fun fish
A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta
Dip- dap’em, why don’t you
Well the cafeteria got quiet when they got to number 43
Even the kid washing dishes leaned out of the tray drop-off window to see
Blane chewed and he chewed with a heavy sigh
But he kept his waterin eyes on the prize
And he reached for 44 just as the bell for recess rang - Oooohh
Out on the highway theres a commemorative sign
says state of fish and champs 1989
but it takes more than a placard to make a legend grow
when blane burst out of the front door of the school
And barfed his victory down the steps in a fishy waterfall
His legend was cemented for as long as there are middle school boys
fourty-eight fun fish
fourty-eight fun fish
One shining moment spread the news, this very legendary dude
The janitor hosed off his shoes of fun fish
fourty-eight fun fish
F-F-F-F-F-F-Forty eight fun fish
A boys gotta do what a boys what a boys gotta
Dip- dap’em, why don’t you