[Instrumental - acoustic warm up intro with light whistling] [Verse 1] Grass in the floodlights Mud on your knees Kids with a ball Old crooked goals Turnstiles snapping Coins in a tray You learned the magic Before they sold the day [Pre-Chorus] Now the boardroom smiles While the scarves get stitched They price the dream Then they jack the pitch [Chorus] The beautiful game Sold out pitch They came to play This is their day The beautiful game Sold out pitch Keep the game Out of their reach [Instrumental - bittersweet, reverb] [Verse 2] Old number ten On a peeling wall Now it’s a logo Twenty feet tall Names on the shirts And ads on the glass They buy the future Then they bleed the past [Pre-Chorus] But under the noise You can hear that sound A street-corner roar Still shaking ground [Chorus] The beautiful game Sold out pitch They came to play This is their day The beautiful game Sold out pitch Keep the game Out of their reach [Instrumental - bittersweet] [Bridge] Say it back This belongs to us Not a price tag Not a private gang Boots in the dust Hands in the air No suit can own What grew out there [Final Chorus] The beautiful game Sold out pitch They came to play This is their day The beautiful game Sold out pitch Keep the game Out of their reach The beautiful game The beautiful game Still hear the roar In the pouring cold rain [Extended instrumental - upbeat, acoustic piece, ends with light whistling and football chanting]
