God's Footballer Lyrics

The song God's Footballer is performed by Billy Bragg in the album named Volume 2 in the year 2006 .



God's footballer hears the voices of angels
Above the choir at Molineux
God's footballer stands on the doorstep
And brings the Good News of the Kingdom to come

While the crowd sing 'Rock of Ages'
The goals bring weekly wages
Yet the glory of the sports pages
Is but the worship of false idols and tempts him not

God's footballer turns on a sixpence
And brings the great crowd to their feet in praise of him
God's footballer quotes from the Gospels
While knocking on doors in the Black Country back streets

He scores goals on a Saturday
And saves souls on a Sunday
For the Lord says, '€œThese are the last days
Prepare thyself for the judgment yet to come'€

His career will be over soon
And the rituals of a Saturday afternoon
Bid him a reluctant farewell
For he knows beyond the sport lies the spiritual



Billy Bragg - Volume 2

Oct 2006

  1. Price I Pay
  2. Only One
  3. Short Answer
  4. Love Has No Pride [#][*]
  5. That's Entertainment [#][*]
  6. Bad Penny [#][*][Demo Version]
  7. Reason to Believe [Live][*]
  8. Raglan Road [Live][*]
  9. Everywhere
  10. Cindy of a Thousand Lives
  11. Trust
  12. God's Footballer
  13. Few
  14. Mother of the Bride
  15. Dolphins
  16. North Sea Bubble
  17. Rumours of War
  18. Wish You Were Her
  19. Body of Water
  20. Party of God [*]
  21. Just One Victory [Alternative Mix][*]
  22. Bread & Circuses [*]
  23. Revolution [*]
  24. Tighten Up Your Wig [*] - Billy Bragg,
  25. MBH [#][*]
  26. Gulf Between Us [#][*]
  27. Piccadilly Rambler [#][*]
  28. From Red to Blue
  29. Everybody Loves You Babe
  30. Sugardaddy
  31. Pict Song
  32. Space Race Is Over
  33. Northern Industrial Town
  34. Fourteenth of February
  35. King James Version
  36. Goalhanger
  37. As Long as You Hold Me [#][*][Demo Version]
  38. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet? [#][*][Demo Version]
  39. Sugar Daddy [#][*][Demo Version]
  40. Qualifications [*]
  41. Never Had No One Ever [*]
  42. Thatcherites [*]
  43. All Fall Down [#][*]
  44. Jane Allen - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  45. Distant Shore - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  46. England, Half English - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  47. Some Days I See the Point - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  48. Baby Faroukh - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  49. Another Kind of Judy - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  50. He'll Go Down - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  51. Dreadbelly - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  52. Tears of My Tracks - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  53. Billericay Dickie [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  54. Mansion on the Hill [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  55. Glad and Sorry [#][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  56. Yarra Song [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  57. You Pulled the Carpet Out [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  58. Mystery Shoes [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  59. 1 2 3 4 [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  60. Dry Bed [Band Version][*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  61. Danny Rose [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  62. She Smiled Sweetly [*] - Billy Bragg & the Blokes
  63. Saturday Boy [DVD][Live][*]
  64. Marching Song of the Covert Battalions [DVD][Live][*]
  65. Lover Sings [DVD][Live][*]
  66. Warmest Room [DVD][Live][*]
  67. Debris [DVD][Live][*]
  68. All You Facists [DVD][Live][*]

God's Footballer