All I Miss (is the Football)

Some still dream of 1945 D-Day heroes, glad they're alive They've got Hitler's armies on the run And England, England rules the world Some still think of 1966 Live a simple life and everything's fixed Geoff Hurst's scored the winning goal And England, England rules the world Well my memories can only take me so far Looking back on this, as I drive my car Through the narrow streets of a fading past Childhood days never seem to last And I realised every dream must pass Give me the atmosphere of Upton Park On a Saturday night, cold and dark When all that mattered wore Claret and Blue And life or death meant win or lose Yeah all I miss is the Football Well I used to kick a ball out there in the street Now there's not enough room to even put my feet Everything seemed so dirty and small It's a wonder anybody can live here at all It was a cold grey day when I left that land And I never really thought of going back again But from ten thousand miles across the sea The land of my birth had a hold on me And I realised what was calling me Always the atmosphere of Upton Park On a Saturday night, cold and dark When all that mattered wore Claret and Blue And life or death meant win or lose Yeah all I miss is the Football