Lyrics for The Spirit of Football theme song, written by an English songwriter living in Erfurt, Germany, who wants to remain anonymous (how’s that for a change?), who has donated the song to the SOF project.
FANS WILL BE FRIENDS
The ball is in motion …
The ball has been set free …
This ball crosses borders …
Suddenly we feel …
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Borders can be broken …
With words never spoken …
The ball is the ball, my friend …
The language everybody speaks …
Fans will be friends, my friends …
Playing football in the streets …
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A child reaches forth …
Another child calls …
Dusty streets, the sound of running feet,
Suddenly applause …
Cobbled roads and stones as posts …
In different towns, on different coasts
A grinning face …
A lively joke …
These little things they give us hope …
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Borders can be broken …
With words never spoken …
The ball is the ball, my friend …
The language everybody speaks …
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Hands across the ocean …
Hands across the sea …
Hands greeting hands, my friends …
Singing songs is free …
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Out of reach of sun’s morning rays …
In narrow winding alleyways …
On an old stone wall …
A chalk goal is drawn …
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Borders can be broken …
With words never spoken …
The ball is the ball, my friend …
The language everybody speaks …
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A spinning ball …
A child slips and falls …
… a dive, a save …
And almost scores …
A flick, a kick …
A simple trick …
A shot, a save …
The game’s the same …
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Borders can be broken …
With words never spoken …
The ball is the ball, my friend …
The language everybody speaks …
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Anonymous, November 2009, Erfurt, Deutschland.
The song will be recorded in a studio in January by professional musicians (word is that it’ll be with a Ska/Reggae melody), and will be taught to and sung by schoolchildren along The Ball’s route to Johannesburg. The lyrics may get sung in different languages, but the game, the ball and music itself speak a universal language.
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