CorkerSWFC   10 #1 Posted February 15, 2011 ONLY FOOTBALL?  His forebears were the butchers on the field at Peterloo They led the charge and cut the people down They ruled the mill, starved weavers out, beat Chartists black and blue Made millions in some hellish sweatshop town I'm sure he cursed his countrymen in '84 and '5 His queen called them 'the enemy within' He's the overseer, the usurer, drone within the hive Whose wallet is his god, his kith and kin  and don't tell me it's only football  His system defines 'ownership' - a mess of paper shares A slick deal, a commodity acquired He pulls the strings and works the law so he controls the 'wares' Then laughs at all the anguish he's inspired Now we are many thousands, and he is only one But law and state hold him in their embrace What kind of law, what kind of state condones what he has done? A state where social justice has no place  CHORUS  So don't tell me it's only football And above all, friends, don't tell me please That it's nothing to do with years of sleaze The shattered lives and the corporate trough Don't tell me it's just a sad one-off That it's nothing to do with politics That politics and sport don't mix Don't tell me it's just bad luck Because it isn't only football  Our grounds rose up near stations in old Victorian times Most urban centres then were barely towns Built for our teams, then left in trust to us across the years By people who loved football, not just pounds The vulture sees the soaring price of inner city land An ailing club which he can desecrate To us it's pride and history, the story of our lives To him it's just some prime site real estate  CHORUS  Our culture has been colonised, our heritage is sold And moneymen control our national game It's devil take the hindmost, all hail the Premier League And if you can't compete, well, that's a shame There's a superstore development and it's coming to your ground A pinstriped butcher's waiting with his knife Brighton, Wrexham, anywhere - the message is the same Let's kick him out - of football, and of life! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mystery man   10 #2 Posted February 15, 2011 (edited) ONLY FOOTBALL? His forebears were the butchers on the field at Peterloo They led the charge and cut the people down They ruled the mill, starved weavers out, beat Chartists black and blue Made millions in some hellish sweatshop town I'm sure he cursed his countrymen in '84 and '5 His queen called them 'the enemy within' He's the overseer, the usurer, drone within the hive Whose wallet is his god, his kith and kin  and don't tell me it's only football  His system defines 'ownership' - a mess of paper shares A slick deal, a commodity acquired He pulls the strings and works the law so he controls the 'wares' Then laughs at all the anguish he's inspired Now we are many thousands, and he is only one But law and state hold him in their embrace What kind of law, what kind of state condones what he has done? A state where social justice has no place  CHORUS  So don't tell me it's only football And above all, friends, don't tell me please That it's nothing to do with years of sleaze The shattered lives and the corporate trough Don't tell me it's just a sad one-off That it's nothing to do with politics That politics and sport don't mix Don't tell me it's just bad luck Because it isn't only football  Our grounds rose up near stations in old Victorian times Most urban centres then were barely towns Built for our teams, then left in trust to us across the years By people who loved football, not just pounds The vulture sees the soaring price of inner city land An ailing club which he can desecrate To us it's pride and history, the story of our lives To him it's just some prime site real estate  CHORUS  Our culture has been colonised, our heritage is sold And moneymen control our national game It's devil take the hindmost, all hail the Premier League And if you can't compete, well, that's a shame There's a superstore development and it's coming to your ground A pinstriped butcher's waiting with his knife Brighton, Wrexham, anywhere - the message is the same Let's kick him out - of football, and of life!   I prefer the first football chant ever "he banged the leather for goals"  and heres one I made earlyier  b b b biro giro, thank you everyone, thank you for paying your taxes im going to sign my g g giro with my b b b biro  biro giro by mystery man 2011 Edited February 16, 2011 by mystery man Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
CorkerSWFC Â Â 10 #3 Posted February 16, 2011 :hihi: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
