Rose Scented Glasses

Well, it's nearly 4 years since the last time we blew it So 'ere we go again!" time to put you all froo it Those high expectorations, talk of 1966, out of the Goldfish bowl into the fire, your hopes all in bits We said we was gonna win this time, 3 Lions on our flag Now we've gambled all our eggs, kicked ourselves in the foot, sick as parrots on the Plane back All those open goals wot we missed and those penalties wot they saved If Sir Alf Ramsey woz alive today e'd be turnin' in 'is grave We're gonna lose it, we're gonna lose it Then we'll 'ave to come 'ome and face the music And when those winning German goals go in It'll be déjà vu all over again Well. we fought we'd turned over a new broom an' all Now I'd love to me a mole on that dressing room wall But if you fought we'd string together more than two passes You'd be looking at the world fru rose scented glasses Now we're one nil up, but when it weally matters Can we withstand this entouwage they're frowin at us However you interpwetate, you can't make sense Of the total demolishment of our defence The wefewee has stopped the game they're calling 'im arf witted Now e's got iz got iz notebook art to see what indiscwepancies have been committed But it was just the Bwazilians over exubewated goal celebwation And the measurements he took just served to further exaspewate the situation We're gonna lose it, we're gonna lose it Then we'll 'ave to come 'ome and face the music And when those winning German goals go in It'll be déjà vu all over again Well. we fought we'd turned over a new broom an' all Now I'd love to me a mole on that dressing room wall But if you fought we'd string together more than two passes You'd be looking at the world fru rose scented glasses So now we bin and gone and lost, our chance is come and gone You said was what we was gonna do and that's what we done The manager got the tactics wrong is what the papers say We need a more tactile manager to teach us how to play Though we ran our socks into the ground, and showed great integrity We're all integral players, but in four years time you'll see The world will be our lobster yet we'll still get taken to the cleaners Or go out on penalties to Spain or Argentina We're gonna lose it, we're gonna lose it Then we'll 'ave to come 'ome and face the music And when those winning German goals go in It'll be déjà vu all over again Well, we fought we'd turned over a new broom an' all Now I'd love to me a mole on that dressing room wall But if you fought we'd string together more than two passes You'd be looking at the world fru rose scented glasses Cos we're gonna get dumped out on our arses Still lookin' at the world fru rose scented glasses