WARNING: SOME LYRICS MAY CAUSE OFFENCE
These lyrics contain SWEARWORDS! If you have a problem with that, please take it to Ben Elton, don't tell me about it. These are the lyrics to the Original London Cast recording which is available from HMV.
No lyrics
The Beautiful Game: The Company
| All: | Measure your life in football seasons Feel the passion and feel the heat Football is the only reason God Almighty gave us feet Goal!
Buy the ref a flippin' guide dog
You dirty bastard |
| Boys: | Come and have a go, have some of that You think you're hard but we know you're crap |
| All: | Let's have another, just like the other Come on! |
| Boys: | Viva the beautiful game Raise your voice for the people's sport |
| All: | Long live the bountiful game Those who play, those who support Sick as a parrot, over the moon Score a couple more for A wonderful game, a magical game Thank God for football! |
| Girls: | They're our lads and we support them Come on then, stick one in this time |
| All: | It isn't a religion it's more important Sacred, holy and divine Three-nil! |
| Boys: | Nice one, United We're all delighted |
| Girls: | No joy tonight, forget it again My boyfriend's in love with eleven men |
| All: | All sing together, comrades forever Up yours!
Viva the beautiful game
Up for the cup, it's
It's an obsession, the reason we're here
So viva the emerald team
Score a thousand more for |
Clean The Kit: John, Thomas & Cronies, Mary
| John: | Soon I'm gonna be a man, be a player not a fan Cos that's all I've ever wanted since my life began Gonna be a soccer star, maybe drive a fancy car Build a mansion in the country for my Ma and Pa Gotta clean the kit I'm so sick of it
Each day I have to go to school, have to try and keep my cool
One day I won't have to take it | |
| (dialogue section) | ||
| Thomas & Cronies: | You're not fit to wear our kit, you bastard orange proddy git We'll tear it off your back and stuff it down your throat Take our advice or pay the price, we certainly won't warn you twice The tide has turned and soon we'll be the ones to gloat You're a sodding Brit Wearing Irish kit! | |
| Mary: | So you're gonna be a man, not a stupid also-ran Now I've heard a lot of talk about your master plan I don't think you'll be a star, you ain't gonna go that far You're all talk and sod all action, you're all blah, blah, blah Come to terms with it Born to clean the kit
Your life's a farce, get off your arse | |
| John: | Have no fear, the time is near This boy is busting out of here I'll be burning brightly once the flame is lit I'll make my mark, light up the dark Explosions start with just one spark Then another lad will have to clean my kit I'm so sick of it School and cleaning kit | |
| Mary: | You're so full of it! | |
| John: | But one day I'm not gonna take it! |
Don't Like You: John, Mary
| Mary: | Don't like you, don't like you I don't think I like you You're bad, you're sad And I know nicer boys |
| John: | Not bothered, not bothered I simply am not bothered You're vain - a total pain And I know sweeter girls You've been hanging round my door and watching me at school |
| Mary: | Yes, and I was thinking you're completely uncool |
| John: | Well, I wouldn't say yourself was much to shout about |
| Mary: | Do your fly up, sonny, cos your brain's hanging out |
| John: | You're gagging for a date I know you're dying to meet |
| Mary: | I don't think so, why there's still a dog left out in the street |
| Both: | That's fine by me, I don't like you |
| Mary: | Don't need you, don't want you I can live without you I swear, I just don't care Because I know nicer boys |
| John: | Don't like you, don't need you I don't care about you You see, you're not for me I like lots of other girls |
| Mary: | You bug me and you're ugly and your jokes are a bore Your efforts at coherent conversation are poor The lights are clearly on but then there's nobody home |
| John: | In that case, why the hell d'you call me up on the phone? |
| Mary: | I never flippin' did, sure it was you who called me |
| John: | Well, what the hell, at least there's one thing that we agree |
| Both: | I'm damn sure I don't like you |
| (dialogue section) | |
| John: | Don't hate you, could stand you If pushed, could tolerate you |
| Mary: | I'm sure that you'll mature I have known more stupid boys You say it |
| John: | No, you say it |
| Mary: | All right - I vaguely like you It's bad, I must be mad But I think we could be friends |
| John: | No commitment, only friends |
| Mary: | I like you |
| John: | I like you |
| Both: | Yes - I think I like you It's real, it's how I feel And I want... (they kiss) |
| Mary (spoken): | Would you mind not pressing that thing against me? |
God's Own Country: Mary, Protestant Girl
| Mary: | Where we live is God's own country Though it's dirtier and poorer than he planned Broken windows, broken lives Jobless husbands, weeping wives
It may not look like God's own country
The beauty lies within in God's own country |
| Protestant Girl: | In the darkness of the night I hear it singing The whispering of the wind and rain, its song |
| Both: | A sublime eternal tune to the rhythms of the moon These ancient chords were formed in the beginning And they sing to me, "My country, right or wrong" These are the songs we always sang No one knows where they began |
| Mary: | This fair land is God's own country And it's Catholic and Republican and free |
| Protestant Girl: | It's a Protestant land made by God's perfect hand And a Protestant country it will always be |
| Both: | For Ireland is mine and is so for all time From the Atlantic Ocean unto the Irish Sea
Where I live is God's own country
The beauty lies within in God's own country
Where I live is God's own country |
Let Us Love In Peace: Christine, Del
| Christine: | Dream about a day when we'll be Calm, serene, completely carefree Just for fun, think of one ordinary day
Ask yourself what it would feel like |
| Both: | Time to find out who we are Time to find our lucky star Time for all our pain to cease We'll love in peace |
| Del: | Just imagine no more violence No more bombs, the sound of silence Time to be you and me, time to love in peace |
| Both: | Days of hope so calm and tranquil Private moments to be thankful On our own, left alone - free to love in peace |
| Del: | Time to simply sit and breathe |
| Christine: | Time to learn how to believe |
| Both: | And give thanks for our release To love in peace |
| Christine: | Time to dance and time to grow |
| Del: | Time to learn and time to know |
| Both: | Time to prosper and increase Make love in peace
Sometimes I get on my knees and pray |
| Del: | Just for fun |
| Christine: | Think of one |
| Both: | Ordinary day |
The Final (A Game Of Two Halves): The Company
| Us: | This is it, what a blast, in the final at last We're a dream of a team, we're just totally excited What a thrill, twenty-nil, we'll go in for the kill On a roll for a goal we could take on Man United |
| Them: | Try a pass, shift your arse, come on show us some class Get stuck in, play to win 'til the very final minute Knock it back, then attack, come on lads it's a crack If in doubt, kick it out 'cos we're really going to win it |
| John: | Oh what a lovely little move I would say This boy has not got a lot to prove on the day Must be on some sort of potion
He doesn't need any other men, what a run |
| All the boys: | Oh what a lovely little move I would say This boy has not got a lot to prove on the day Must be on some sort of potion
We're the team that rocks |
| Bernadette: | Ginger's got the ball! Come on, Ginger! |
| Father O'Donnell: | Give 'em your snarl, lad! |
| Crowd: | You fat bastard, you're rubbish You ginger git, look his gut's double size What a useless tub, what a lard arse Christ, now we know who ate all of the pies
He goes in for the kill and he makes it one-nil |
| Father O'Donnell: | My God this looks tense They've got past our defence Slide in low, on the toe, get stuck in, have a go Risk a booking Bring him down on the ground, don't just piddle around Chance your luck, chop him up You can see that the ref's not looking |
| Thomas: | I clearly played straight for the ball, did you see? That dozy prat took a fall right in front of me Any sane ref would agree it |
| Ref: | Out comes the book and a red card, off you go You like to think that you're so dead hard, now you know They get a direct free kick |
| All: | Take the hero's role Score the winning goal! |
| Boys: | Green is the colour, Soccer the game Score a thousand more for The boys in green, the emerald team We're bloody magic Just fucking magic |
Off To The Party/The Craic: The Company
Let's get legless
Let's get hammered
Let's get ratfaced
Let's get arseholed
We're just totally great
There is no debate
I'm telling you mate
We're the business
We are simply superb
Haven't you heard
Divinely preferred
God's our witness
We are stunningly skilled
Testosterone filled
We went out and killed
We're fantasmic
We're a magical team
We play like a dream
We're clearly the cream
We're orgasmic
Let's get roaring punch drunk
Fighting, dancing, puke drunk
Hurling, belching, blind drunk
So drunk it's obscene
Comatosely dead drunk
Unconscious on the floor drunk
An arseholed and hammered and totally shitfaced team
Violently ill drunk
Stretched out in the street drunk
Need a stomach pump drunk
Drunk as fifty men
Utterly insane drunk
Pickling your brain drunk
And when we recover, get bloody drunk again!
Are you up for the craic?
Do you know how to party?
Here's the plan of attack
Give me a drink and start me
Are you quite sure that you've got the stomach for it?
Once the craic's started there's no way to ignore it
Free your wild side and let it all out, don't fear it
Don't just dance with your feet, dance with your very spirit
We're all on for the craic
Everyone's made their minds up
There'll be no looking back
Nobody shouting time's up
We're all up for the craic
Partying's what we're made for
Don't be boring or slack
Dance 'til it makes your feet sore
We won't stop now that it's really getting going
What the night promises there's no way of knowing
Girl, boy, boy, girl - we can lose our inhibitions
Dance close, hold tight, come on really make some friction
We all live for the craic
Everyone's on the dance floor
End up flat on your back
Good times have to be paid for
We all live for the craic
Everyone's on the dance floor
End up flat on your back
Good times have to be paid for
Don't Like You (Reprise): Bernadette, Ginger
| Ginger: | I was wondering if there's any chance that you'd be my bird Or if you want, I'll bugger off, just give me the word |
| Bernadette: | Not at all, I'd really like to see you again If you think it wouldn't be too much of a pain |
| Ginger: | Bloody hell, it's taken me a year to ask this |
| Bernadette: | If that's the case, why don't we celebrate with a kiss |
| Both: | 'Cos I'm quite sure that I like you |
| Ginger: | I like you |
| Bernadette: | I like you |
| Both: | Oh dear, I think I love you It's strange, but things have changed 'Cos now I've found my boy/girl |
Our Kind Of Love: Christine
Our kind of love
Our kind of passion
Burns with a heat so hard to bear
It's not a game
No fad or fashion
Our kind of love's for those who dare
I must be strong
I must be bolder
Cling to my dream and never tire
Each love denied
Leaves people colder
New love rekindles every fire
I shan't betray my heart's desire
Even though we come from different sides
We won't hide
I am in love
No one can blame me
Such is my story and my fate
My kind of love
Will never shame me
My love is stronger than their hate
My love is stronger than their hate
I shall cling to him with all my might
It's my right
All kinds of love
Bring us together
Causes the broken heart to mend
People must love, now and forever
There's only one love in the end
There's only one love in the end
Let Us Love In Peace (Reprise): The Company
| Bernadette: | Just imagine no more violence No more bombs, the sound of silence Time to be young and free Time to love in peace
Days of hope so calm and tranquil |
| + Mary, Christine: | Time to simply sit and breathe Time to learn how to believe And give thanks for our release To love in peace |
| Bernadette: | Time to dance and time to grow Time to learn and time to know Time to prosper and increase Make love in peace |
| + Mary, Christine: | Sometimes I get on my knees and pray for that one ordinary day |
| Bernadette: | Then we'll be free To love in peace |
| Father O'Donnell: | We are gathered here today to give thanks for the life of Gregory O'Shaugnessy. He would have been eighteen next week. |
| All: | Sometimes I get on my knees and pray for that one ordinary day When all our pain will finally cease And we'll be free To love in peace |
 |
The Happiest Day: Mary, John
| Mary: | God, I hope I've made the right decision Do I want to be somebody's wife? Will this be the day I go to prison Or is this the happiest day of my life? |
| John: | I had fifteen pints of Guinness last night Vindaloo with prawns and pilau rice Tell the Priest to just perform the last rites Is this the happiest day of my life? |
To Have And To Hold: Father O'Donnell, John, Mary
| Father O'Donnell: | We're gathered here together to join these two forever And put asunder never, until death do them part Our Holy Saviour Jesus is watching now and sees us Binding these two as one single beating heart |
| John: | To have and to hold, faithfully To honour and love devotedly Wilt thou take this man? |
| Mary: | Yes, I will For better or worse, constantly In sickness and health, unfailingly Wilt thou take this girl? |
| John: | Yes, I will |
| Both: | I pledge my soul to you, I give you my heart There by your side until death do us part |
| Congregation: | To honour and love constantly Til death do them part, devotedly Yes from this wedding day forth, joined by God |
| John & Mary: | To be by your side, faithfully Forsaking all others willingly With my body I thee worship, and with this ring I thee wed To have and to hold, fervently To honour and love unendingly Wilt thou take this man/girl Yes, I will! |
| John: | And wilt thou take this man, for better or for worse? |
| Mary: | And wilt thou take this girl, in sickness and in health? |
| Both: | And wilt thou take this heart? |
| Congregation: | God, we hope they've made the right decision Will their fate be forty years of strife? Is this union headed for division? No! It's the happiest day of their lives! |
The First Time: John, Mary
| Mary: | Can this be, you and me - scared of each other? Why do I tremble? The first time's not a crime So let's not wait, it's our fate Make me your lover This moment must be so sublime A night of pure bliss, for us this first time
From now on, the only girl you need is me |
| John: | What if I'm not sublime - no Casanova I've had a couple - birthday suit, brewer's droop I'm so shy, how can I get my leg over? Hope there's lead in my pencil when I lose my cherry this very first time
Have I got all the right information? |
| Mary: | If I seem less than keen, it's not evasion I'm scared I'll be a piece of wood, not much good |
| John: | Close my eyes, try to rise to the occasion |
| Both: | Let's face it, we're just petrified So let's get to this, and through this first time
It's absurd, this moment's all we've dreamt about |
| Mary: | Why do I want to cry, when I'm so happy? |
| John: | I don't deserve this - look at you, a dream come true I'm on my knees, hold me please - now and forever |
| Both: | I'll keep you close and make you mine Right from the first kiss, for us this first time No one ever felt the way I feel tonight No desire ever felt so strong Sparks of passion glowing hot and shining bright A fire to burn my whole life long |
| Mary: | You and me, young and free, in love forever |
| John: | I am your husband |
| Mary: | I'm your wife |
| Both: | In love for life So hold me tight, through the night we'll be together We'll move the heavens and the Earth We'll make a new star, for this our first time We'll make a new star, for this our first time |
I'd Rather Die On My Feet (Than Live On My Knees): Thomas
I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees
Death with honour
Because the weak and fearful are a social disease
I am stronger
Insects crawl, a man stands tall, he has to risk it all
Men dictate their final fate while fools negotiate
When the battle is over and the last deal is done
Let me tell you
The man with the power will be the man with the gun
He can kill you
You're naive if you believe they'll give you a reprieve
Close your eyes to compromise, betrayal in disguise
I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees
Won't surrender
Because I am my country and my country is me
I'll defend her!
God's Own Country (Reprise): Mary, Christine, Del
So farewell to God's own country
We are Irish and we sail upon the tide
Gone to seek a better place
It's the story of our race
Tears have always flowed from God's own country
The nation's children scattered far and wide
But no matter where we roam
We will still call Ireland home
If we never do return to God's own country
We will carry it within us til we die
Yes a new course is set, but we'll never forget
What we owe to the country where our forefathers lie
Though we know we must part it's with such heavy heart
And with tears in our eyes as we say our last goodbye
So farewell to God's own country
We are Irish and we sail upon the tide
Gone to seek a better place
It's the story of our race
The Selection: John and the team
| John: | God I hope they make the right decision I'm the best, I'm sharper than a knife View the others with complete derision I am on trial and it's for my life |
| All: | God I hope they make the right decision I'm the best, I'm sharper than a knife View the others with complete derision I am on trial and it's for my life |
| John: | I'm going to play for Everton, you will see This boy's career will soon become legendary George Best will ask me to teach him So for football's sake, give the boy a break! |
| (dialogue section) |
Dead Zone: John, Internment Camp Inmates
| John: | Help me please, I'm on my knees I'm dying by degrees Too much pain, I'll go insane I want my chance again
I have to go on, screw up my courage and hold on to my belief
Prison will not break my heart |
| Inmates: | You're in the dead zone, you're utterly alone Get your allegiances sorted This is the end zone, no seed of hope are sewn Previous friendships aborted
Now you're inside boy, there's no way to hide boy
We are your friends and we're all convicted men
You're in the death zone, Satan sits on the throne
Happiness is ended, all hope is suspended
It's all too late, you are looking at your fate
Anger is learned when free men are interned
It's a pitiful sight, men deprived of their rights
You're in the death zone, Satan sits on the throne |
If This Is What We're Fighting For: Mary
If this is what we're fighting for
If this is the way we begin
With the innocent dying, the whole nation crying
If this is how we fight our wars
Then I don't want to win
We say that justice is our aim
But what does that justice mean?
Condemned without trial, no chance of denial
To cripple men in freedom's name
Is utterly obscene
If men must die, we must ask why
Their murder is not a sin
Though our cause is just, we betray its trust
If this is what we're fighting for I don't want to win
If unity's the thing we crave
Then who will be unified?
The bitter and grieving, no cause to believe in
There'll be one nation in the grave
Uniting those who die
Holy wars, settling scores
Ancient deaths to call in
We just love to kill, and we always will
If hatred's all we're fighting for
Then I don't want to win
I don't want to win
All The Love I Have: John, Mary
| John: | You know that our parting breaks my heart I have never felt such sorrow All the love I have I leave with you
I once promised til death do us part
But when I go, I'm on my own
I care more that I have ever cared |
| Mary: | You're a father, you've a family Your son needs you, don't ignore him Just to fight a war you cannot win |
| John: | I hope my son will be proud of me When I fight, I'm fighting for him Share the love I leave for you with him |
| Mary: | And so we all must pay the price For such a stupid sacrifice Don't you understand that this won't end til we let it? |
| John: | When I'm gone you know I won't be back Mine's a path that has no turning Please believe me what I said was true That all the love I have I leave with you |
| Mary: | And all the love I have, you take with you |
Finale: The Company
| Mary: | People need love, that's what we live for Now is the time, it's not too late We have to love, try to forgive more No child was ever born to hate No child was ever born to hate
I will strive for peace with all my might
All kinds of love bring us together |
| Full Company: | There's only one love in the end |