Three Lions Song Lyrics (Baddiel, Skinner & The Lightning Seeds)

[Spoken Intro: Alan Hansen & Trevor Brooking]

I think it’s bad news for the English game

We’re not creative enough, and we’re not positive enough

[Refrain: Ian Broudie & Jimmy Hill]

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

It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

[Verse 1: Frank Skinner]

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

[Chorus: All]

Three lions on a shirt

Jules Rimet still gleaming

Thirty years of hurt

Never stopped me dreaming

[Verse 2: David Baddiel]

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

[Chorus: All]

Three lions on a shirt

Jules Rimet still gleaming

Thirty years of hurt

Never stopped me dreaming

[Bridge]

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

[Refrain: Ian Broudie]

It’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

(England have done it!)

It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

It’s coming home, it’s coming home, it’s coming

Football’s coming home

[Chorus: All]

(It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming

(Football’s coming home

It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming

(Football’s coming home

It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming

(Football’s coming home

It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming

(Football’s coming home

It’s coming home) Three lions on a shirt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Jules Rimet still gleaming

(Football’s coming home

It’s coming home) Thirty years of hurt

(It’s coming home, it’s coming) Never stopped me dreaming

(Football’s coming home)

Produced By: Dave Bascombe, Simon Rogers & Ian Broudie

Written By: Frank Skinner, David Baddiel & Ian Broudie

Release Date: May 20, 1996

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