Al Stewart - Football Hero Lyrics
In the center of the field stands the favorite player
The ball comes floating in, they say a silent prayer for him.
Fifty yards away, a minute left to go
The ref looks at his watch; Oh, oh
He cuts it to the right, gets past a defender
One man left to beat
He can see the goal-keeper's eyes
There's magic in his feet; Oh, oh
And a single ray of sunlight reaches down to touch the golden boy
Seems to light his way towards the net
In his mind he sees the headlines in the morning newspaper
This'll be a day they won't forget
Now he's on his own, completely in control of it all
The shot comes flying in, headed for the corner of the goal
Bounces off the post, he watches as it falls
Now the crowd has gone, the stadium is empty
Several hundred times he will watch the replay on TV
Many years from now when his name's recalled
Everyone will say, he should have passed the ball
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Al Stewart Football Hero Comments
Great!!Al Stwart is like wine the older the better!
The organ at the end sounds like a sixties thing.
Replace "the post" with "the keeper" and this could be about Gordon Smith.
Took me a while to realize this was not about American football.
Sometimes, I can be just a bit slow on the uptake.
(Funny, that, since I'm usually really, really slow on the uptake.)
this is an honest song
simply genius
great organ conlusion