Soccer café

Verse 1

Nineteen oh one

Crystal Palace

Lawn

Greener than the money in my hand

Hot meat pie

Tastes like glory

I ate it

I felt it

Crowds roar through the steam

We sat

We watched

The first time they ever brought the silver south

Chorus

Now the pitch is just a plate

Where we used to stand and wait

For the whistle

For the whistle

Now the goal is just a table

With a fancy dinner label

Eat it up

Eat it up

Eat it up

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Pass the salt

Hey hey hey

Kick the pepper

Wash it down

Verse 2

Grass turned to tile

Plastic menus

Shiny

Smell of gravy where the tackle landed

Bitter beer

Broken benches

Gone now

Thousands used to scream right here

I chew

I swallow

Looking for the spot where the winger fell

Red wine spills

On the sideline

The referee is just a waiter in a vest

Chorus

Now the pitch is just a plate

Where we used to stand and wait

For the whistle

For the whistle

Now the goal is just a table

With a fancy dinner label

Eat it up

Eat it up

Eat it up

Post-Chorus

Hey hey hey

Pass the salt

Hey hey hey

Kick the pepper

Wash it down

Bridge

Underneath the light

Underneath the roof

Underneath the memories

I remember the mud

I remember the blood

I remember the flood of the fans

Tossing napkins like confetti

Spinning forks like a trophy

Licking spoons like a winner

Chorus

Now the pitch is just a plate

Where we used to stand and wait

For the whistle

For the whistle

Now the goal is just a table

With a fancy dinner label

Eat it up

Eat it up

Eat it up

Outro

Full time dinner

Check please

Game over

Desert on the center circle

Check please

Game over

Yeah

One more round for the history

One more round for the winners

Done