Football is coming home !

Just in case you hadn’t noticed it yet … the football World Cup has already started !
It was a bad start for England and a terrible one for the Spanish team who lost their first match against Switzerland.
But let’s not get too pessimistic about their chances . Singing is a very good way to lift people’s spirits and also to improve your pronunciation !

So here’s some good old Britpop for you to enjoy!

The original song “Three Lions” (the emblem of the England football team ),was the official anthem of the team for the 1996 European Championship held in England and has become one of the most popular songs in football. In fact Skinner (who wrote the music ), Baddiel and Broudie (lyrics) have made a new version of the song for the 2010 FIFA World Cup with Robbie Williams and comedian Russell Brand.

The lyrics tell us how since 1966 every tournament has ended in dashed hopes for the English team but still having the feeling that England could win the Cup. Not unlike The Spanish team ! .
The song starts with some pessimistic comments “I think it is bad news for the English game” but ends on a more optimistic note which suggests that England could win the championship

“Good old England, England that couldn’t play football “.



LYRICS

(I think it's bad news for the English game )
(We're not creative enough and we're not positive enough)

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming,
Football's coming home

(We'll go on getting bad results)

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming,
Football's coming home (x4)

Everyone seems to know the score, they've seen it all before
They just know, they're so sure
That England's gonna throw it away, gonna blow it away
But I know they can play,
'Cause I remember

Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

So many jokes, so many sneers
But all those "oh so near's"
Wear you down, through the years
But I still see that tackle by Moore
And when Lineker scored, Bobby belting the ball
And Nobby dancing

Three lions on a shirt
Jules Rimet still gleaming
Thirty years of hurt
Never stopped me dreaming

(England have done it! In the last minute of extra time!)
(What a save, Gordon Banks!)
(Good old England, England that couldn't play football)
(England have got it in the bag)

I know that was then, but it could be again..

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming,
Footballs coming home (x2)

(England have done it)

It's coming home, it's coming home, it's coming,
Footballs coming home (x2)