Тексты песен «Chumbawamba»

Michaelangelo was a genius Artist, architect, physician The darling of the Florentine scene Inventor, scientist, mathematician But less well-known are his regular stints With Florence football club A Renaissance...

British champion for fifty years Easily beats all his challengers Bored of always being the best He'd rather be like all the rest Miscuing shots and fluffing smashes Missing the table and losing matches Now with...

Polo has the biggest pitch of any ball game Polo has the biggest idiots On the biggest pitch of any ball game Polo has the biggest idiots With the biggest bank accounts On the biggest pitch of any ball game I wish...

I never liked rugby league, it must be said Decapitated ears and concave heads My interest held by just one thing The greatest commentator ever--Eddie Waring Whether an up-and-under or an early bath He was always...

If I had the wings of an angel The dirty black arse of a crow I'd fly over BBC studios And shit on the bastards below Shit on, shit on, shit on the bastards below, below Shit on, shit on, shit on the bastards...

It's the old stock car thing Crash! Smash! Crash! Ring! Round the track and round again Crash! Smash! Crash! Ring! Revving, coughing, stutt-stutt-stuttering Tongue-in-cheek scrap motor racing Crash! Smash! Crash!...

With a flick of the boot and a nod of the head The ball goes crashing in the back of the net But the referee and linesman disallow the goal 'Cause the boot's on the other foot, the scorer is a girl All the men they...

The millionaires are closing ranks Tax-dodging in the race to the bank Listen for the slamming of the stable doors After the horse has bolted Trapped fingers, and someone's to blame The Jockey Club is tightening...

Hurling, the national sport of Ireland Was banned in 1366 As part of an Anglo-Norman attempt To crush all Gaelic resistance It failed Over six hundred years of British repression Has never stopped the people from...

Dipping into his Filofax He wonders who he can buy next "C'mon, Play the game the Maxwell way And you'll never lose, come what may" There'll be the Maxwell League And the Maxwell Cup The Maxwell Trophy For...

There'll be new events in Seoul '88 Throwing the molotov and the hundred meter loot Hurdling over barricades putting the brick Vaulting over riot cops in the peoples Olympics The people are angry and the boss is...

The new games tutor was like any other teacher Same blatant ideology they're trying to install in you At every opportunity they'd press us to compete Taught to butt and how to kick and how to stamp on feet How to...

I always wanted to play In the school football team But the coach said I wasn't fast enough I wasn't no good it seemed I used to watch them practice But I never got a game I went to every trial they had But every...

Step by step Climbing to the top Eddie the Eagle The epitome of sport Not for the winning Or the advertising deals Not for the money or glory Just for taking part It's like when I was at school And we got beat...

Another Sunday match again Another Merseyside clash again It's the 36th this season By my calculations That's when I made the decision To stay in the lower divisions Travelling from town to town Hopping round...

Too many crap programs With too many adverts Too much Matthew Engel bullshit And not enough dirt Media and programs All dull and mundane How to fill up space When you've nothing left to say So rip it up and...

Posed like swallows before a dive Five lanes, and on the left hand side Stands Tubby Barlow wet with fear Not quite sure what he's doing there On your marks, get set, and they're in Tubby's consumed by the urge to...

When I play cricket I'm the longest at the wicket I can jump and swim And I live in the gym But I can't come to terms With my existence as part of the universe I gaze at the sky I think how? When? And why? I go...

All through the game he shouts at his mates Talking, talking, talking, never shuts his face Into the pub for a sporting discussion He always tries to dominate the conversation At home there's more serious things to...

All gathered 'round the 18th tee With pringle and tartan and shooting sticks Binoculars, poised, ready to use Watching, waiting, there it goes! Great shot! Great shot! What a shot! Great shot! The aspiring...