School Team Chumbawamba

School Team 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

Frickley Chumbawamba

Frickley Frickley in South Yorkshire, a small mining town Where once the riot coppers beat the pickets to the ground Has a football team, and a stand full of fans Who love their game and who love

Benefits of the Game Chumbawamba

the big clubs dream of a Superleague Of Keegan's "reasonable" three thousand a week But back at Sinthonia, the ground's hardly packed And the bank won't give them an overdraft So it's play a full team

Sporting Ties Chumbawamba

sports socks and irons my kit I lose a golf shoe, the wife looks for it And that's what I call teamwork And that's what I call teamwork The wife she repairs my badminton shorts The wife types up the team

I Never Gave Up Chumbawamba

An old school terrorist. An old school terrorist? Forget it! Ta (Repeat)

Zola Budd Chumbawamba

Zola Budd She's a slip of a girl to be out of school She's a product of apartheid She won her spurs under minority rule She's a product of apartheid Afrikaners run the best In bare feet and British

Eddie The Eagle Chumbawamba

Eagle 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

The Triumph Of General Ludd Chumbawamba

Was the grand executioner made Whether guarded by soldiers along the highway Or closely secured in a room He shivers them up by night and by day And nothing can soften their doom Shall the whole team

Education (Part II) Chumbawamba

Education (Part II) They're the bosses of tomorrow They're called the FCS Fascist Conservative Sheep Who claim to know what's best Tied to dad's finances And only just out of school They want

Tubby Barlow Chumbawamba

But Baz Wilson's already in Got his intermediate in life saving The captain of the football team Idol of every young girl's dream Drags Tubby towards the rope But Tubby's confused and grips his throat

More Whitewashing Chumbawamba

More Whitewashing Children in school forced to the desk Finger the atlas and study the text Lies and opinion presented as fact Taught to accept, and never to ask Those smiling workers in Ladybird

Salome (Let's Twist Again) Chumbawamba

Or just a part of the me me me generation The thatcher youth Coming home to roost If the old school cap fits, wear it But I'll take my cake and share it Burning down a bonfire made of teachers Pay your

Flesh and Blood and Feelings Chumbawamba

Reagan's smile cruise missiles Fourteen, fifteen, going on sixteen No growth down below if you know what I mean I kept it very quiet, I felt a lot embarrassed I didn't like going in public toilets At school

Crisis Team Prinzhorn Dance School

winter is hereshiver in white rustwinter is hereyour guitar is the wrong way roundon the beatwinter is herecrows are pecking at the wheat huskwinter is hereyour son is white and palewinter is heres...

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Greavsie Chumbawamba

The Rise and Fall and Rise of Greavsie "So, Greavsie, well, what about the black lads gettin' bananas thrown at em?" "Well, it seems a bit unfortunate, I mean, uh, uh" Sitting on the bench, he st...

Tubthumping Chumbawamba

We'll be singing When we're winning We'll be singing I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down Pissing the night away He drinks a whisky drink He drinks a vodka d...

Just Look At Me Now Chumbawamba

Just Look At Me Now Don't tell me lies I want it all (Repeat) I don't need fingerprints So button up your coat Before you catch your death of cold Throw away your books They're building windmills...

Amnesia Chumbawamba

Goodbye to the summer Sold down the river Unhappy ever after Well did you ever? Did you ever reach for the glued-down penny? Same old joke and it's not funny Burns are red bruises blue Out with th...

Brian Chumbawamba

Brian It's all about getting the ball in the back of the net, Brian I'm as sick as a parrot, Brian I'm over the moon, Brian Well, I think the lads were well worth a point, Brian At the end of the...

Bella Ciao Chumbawamba

The world is waking outside my window Bella ciao, bella ciao, bella ciao ciao ciao Drags my senses into the sunlight For there are things that I must do Wish me luck now, I have to leave you Bella ...

Tubthumping Chumbawamba

We'll be singin' when we're winnin' We'll be singin' I get knocked down but I get up again You're neva gonna keep me down I get knocked down but I get up again You're neva ...

Top Of The World (Ol?Ol?Ol? Chumbawamba

Top Of The World (Ol?Ol?Ol? Words on a postcard from far away Spoke of a time long ago Laughed ourselves daft on that Saturday Singing here we go I'm a taxi driver I'm a postal worker I'm an offi...

Shhh Chumbawamba

Shhh (Chorus) Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing Hear nothing, see nothing, feel nothing, say nothing L A U G H I N G laughing L A U G H I N G laughing Just when you figured it ...

The Choice Is Yours Chumbawamba

The Choice Is Yours Watch Ben Johnson on TV Or try to beat your own PB The choice is yours You decide Get square eyes Or get outside!

Drip Drip Drip (Country & Western Version) Chumbawamba

Drip Drip Drip (Country & Western Version) Eat, sleep, and crap For to prey on your needs Down a dark street Backwater Leeds I seen yer comin' Come in, lads! You seen the ad? Too bad, bad, bad Wh...

Shake Baby Shake Chumbawamba

Shake Baby Shake Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it Shake, baby, shake the memories away Shake it, shake it Shake this grown-up Barbie Doll of a day Shake it, shake it She gets Hugh Hefner, b...

Shot Chumbawamba

Shot 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 sho...

City Man City Chumbawamba

City Man City City, city, city City, Man city Living in the city Manchester city Colin Bell, Frannie Lee Neil Young, Mike Summerbee Rodney Marsh, Alan Oakes Tommy Booth and Tony Book City, city, ...

Lie Lie Lie Lie Chumbawamba

Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie I failed the audition for celebrity squares Your life is a dream, then you wake up You watch Friend...

Isolation Chumbawamba

Isolation Come out of our corners Keep moving, keep changing, start working together We can change this world by changing ourselves Make our hands one hand Resist and realize We are not isolated ...

Sometimes Plunder Chumbawamba

Sometimes Plunder Two little ducks sank with a knock knock knock She got twenty on tick and smoked the bloody lot The fridge was bare, the dog was bones Weavin' and a-bobbin' when the tallyman ca...

Pass It Along Chumbawamba

Pass It Along Come on, come on, come on Send this song to twenty people Add your name, don't break the cycle Pass it along by word of mouse Save the world, don't leave the house Because a virtual...

Heartbreak Hotel Chumbawamba

Heartbreak Hotel Well, since my baby left me... I found a new place to dwell... It's down... just a minute... We don't want to go on... Well, since my baby left me Well, I found a new place to dw...

The Big Issue Chumbawamba

There are those Spend the night Under bridges Over by the river Down in the park Through the winter But there's a house That i know Safe and warm And no-one ever goes there Down where the priests...

Scapegoat Chumbawamba

Aftershave and smoke And the same unfunny jokes They say they'll take you "Anywhere But there" Believe every half-whispered Half-remembered lie Where truth is a luxury They can't afford to buy Sc...

Behave Chumbawamba

Behave Smiling angels on your milk-white shoulders Scared of heaven and accusing whispers Angles always get the worst advice But they can hire the sharpest lawyers Someone's always telling you ho...

Look! No Strings! Chumbawamba

Look! No Strings! Look, no strings--just paper, glue, and card Hark, the angels sing 'Paste the Lord' That was the Armley tabernacle choir. Next we'll be hearing the true story of an American hou...

Moses With A Gun Chumbawamba

Moses With A Gun Oh, Charleton Heston, your father's favorite son Walks in whistling Casey Jones Moses with a gun Oh, Charleton Heston, your father's favorite son Round and round and ad infinitum

Outsider Chumbawamba

Outsider I'm not alone, you're not alone You see me, you hear me There are millions think just like me

Never Let Go Chumbawamba

Never Let Go These red azaleas Never grew so tall This well of loneliness Could rise and drown us all (Chorus) There is no right or wrong Things fall as they do Pulled by the sun and the moon For...

Enough Is Enough Chumbawamba

Enough Is Enough Open your eyes, time to wake up Enough is enough is enough is enough Give the fascist man a gunshot Trying and trying to get this damn thing done. It can't done. Come shoot the f...

Tubthumping Chumbawamba

We'll be singing ,When we're winning We'll be singing I get knocked down but i get up again you're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down but i get up again you're never gonna keep me down ...

Universal Soldier Chumbawamba

Universal Soldier (Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1966) He's five feet two and he's six feet four He fights with missiles and with spears He's all of thirty-one and he's always seventeen He's been a soldier...

Heaven/Hell Chumbawamba

Heaven/Hell I'm not guilty, I have nothing to say, uhm, I'm innocent! (Chatter) I want a revolution! When? Now! Tall as houses Small as spiders Undefined this buzz inside us (Chorus) Tightrope wa...

Mouthful of Shit Chumbawamba

Mouthful of Shit (Chorus) Can't hear you 'cause your mouth's full of shit Can't hear you 'cause your mouth's full of shit Do something about it (Repeat chorus) Well I'm really back to basics righ...

Jacobs Ladder Chumbawamba

Jacob's ladder Like rusty old nails At the bottom of the sea Telling no tales For the good of the Admiralty You jump when you're told to Through the open door And the King of Norway He's the man ...

The Fun In Games Chumbawamba

The Fun In Games The little leagues, the spare-time sports Works teams and pub teams Sandwiches for the darts competition Oranges at half time Spare time tennis, scrambling on fields Hustle and b...

Rage Chumbawamba

Rage Hear the ghosts of ever after Yell of anger Ring of laughter Don't go gently into the night Rage against the dying of the light

Slag Aid Chumbawamba

Slag Aid This is the last one Organize, occupy, kick the bastards out Don't wear the gold lam?br> In keeping with the fashion for charity, not change Here's out contribution--we've called it S...

Mary Mary (Stigmatic Mix) Chumbawamba

Mary Mary (Stigmatic Mix) Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners...