Тексты песен «Chumbawamba»

Knight to Bishop 4 Next move in the cold war In the Spassky/Fischer battle To see who rules the castle Spassky takes Hungary (and Czecks) Fischer takes Grenada Russian tanks to Afghanistan U.S. Pawns to Viet Nam...

Cut and clipped to make you sleek Whipped and brushed from stall to track Laden down with heavy pack Or carrying rider on your back And finally your neck is broken Pushed too hard at Beeches Brook I'll bet, I'll...

That golden era That golden era David Bedford, Georgie Best Olga Korbutt, Eddie Mercx Tony Jacklin, Jochen Rindt Ille Nastase, Rachael Flint Gary Player, Clive Lloyd Bobby Fischer, Virginia Wade Eusabio, Alan...

There's entertainment There's politics There's popular culture There's dialectics But never the twain shall meet Never the twain shall meet This is a myth, propagated by the bourgeois wordsmiths Who never put a...

I saw one legged skiers, agile and graceful In and out the slalom, rushing ever downwards And there weren't any losers I saw marathon runners, strong and determined Hunched in wheelchairs, and pushing ever onwards...

Remember Mexico '86? "Dirty" Diego, the Saint and Greaves All covering up the cracks of an economic crisis What the cameras don't show the viewers won't notice Earthquake victims still in shacks And 5,000...

There's pedal bikes and motor bikes And now they're riding mountain bikes Up and down and out of town Over, under, through, around I ride my little bicycle, I ride it to the top No red lights or traffic signs to...

Hey bugger me, now where's mi clogs? Sunday cap and Sunday togs Come along and pare some shins Winner often wins Hey ho! And away we go! Kick your opponent's shins, oh! Hey ho! And away we go! Legs are made to...

Here's a good sport, it's easy to play And as good a way as any of throwing your money away Betting offices, men only Tobacco smoke and radio commentaries Betting companies first past the post They're off to...

The Saturday afternoon tradition Three falls and one submission Boston crab and half-nelson Bouncing around for television Learn the moves and collect your pay I'll be the one they boo today Nothing at all to do...

Never good enough to win the race He was always asked to make the pace Speeding off then left behind To watch someone else win the golden mile Tired of always being forgotten Whilst others got the glory He decided...

Boys own hero born again Savior of the Empire Come to save our national game Against all odds, and umpire Once a simple cricketer now champion of bravado He's the darling of the tabloids 'Cause he's got a trendy...

At Farnley Park cricket ground there's a Sycamore tree And it stands thirty feet inside the boundary I think that someone slapped a Preservation Order on the tree So it's good the players don't take the game too...

I heard that in the First World War The soldiers called a truce For a Christmas game of football Instead of fighting their pointless war Instead of fighting their pointless war Pointless war, pointless war,...

Bees buzzing, birds singing The jack turning off the crown A lawnmower in the distance The wood coming nicely 'round Sitting near the green just chatting A bad rub, a blocked line Watching that throw for length A...

Sniffer Clarke Chopper Harris The Doog Crazy Horse Norman Bite Yer Legs The Barnsley Spud Bonetti The Cat Alan Ball's White Alan Ball's White Alan Ball's White...

At the beach, pressure's on Dad in trunks and vest Four years old, today's the day He gives me my big test Picking up a beach ball Red, green, yellow, blue He throws it at my feet Wonders what I'll do Do I kick...

In '36 the world's teams Played up, played up, and played the game Runners, jumpers, footballers All sieg-heilling the Fuhrer Not so the black Americans Who, point-blank, refused And on returning home from this...

Away from work finding peace With a swing on the seventeenth lined with trees You're out playing golf for the day Hoping that with a bit of luck Someone will study a chemistry book And blow up the office while...

Sat with strawberries and cream Listening to all the players scream From right to left and left to right "The ball was in!" "No, it was out!" The money goes up the fun has gone There's a thousand pounds on every...