What are the lyrics to Three Lions?
Comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner, and The Lightning Seeds, first released Three Lions in 1996, ahead of Euro 96 due to be held in England. Now, 25 years on, the song is experiencing something of a resurgence as Gareth Southgate leads England to the semi-finals of Euro 2020. The most important phrase of the song, "football's coming home" has two separate meanings. With the song created for Euro 96, the phrase refers to how tournament football is returning to the country where it was invented - 30 years after England had hosted and won the 1966 World Cup. There is also another meaning to the phrase too, with "football's coming home" relating to the optimistic sense that England would win their first international tournament for the first time since their World Cup victory. Of course, after 55 years, England are still waiting to pick up their second major honour in international football, but the song still remains a staple part of England's Euro 2020 campaign, after again gaining prominence when they reached the semi-finals at the 2018 World Cup. Three Lions lyrics  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home (we'll go getting bad results)  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  Everyone seems to know the score  They've seen it all before  They just know  They're so sure  That England's gonna throw it away  Gonna blow it away  But I know they can play  'Cause I remember  Three Lions on a shirt  Jules Rimet still gleaming  Thirty years of hurt  Never stopped me dreaming  So many jokes, so many sneers  But all those oh-so-nears  Wear you down  Through the years  But I still see that tackle by Moore  And when Lineker scored  Bobby belting the ball  And Nobby Dancing  Three Lions on a shirt  Jules Rimet still gleaming  Thirty years of hurt  Never stopped me dreaming  What a save, Gordon Banks! Good old England, England that couldn't play football  England have got it in the bag  I know that was then but it could be again  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home (England have done it)  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming home  It's coming  Football's coming home  Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)  Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)  Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)  Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)  Three Lions on a shirt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Jules Rimet still gleaming (football's coming home, it's coming home)  Thirty years of hurt (it's coming home, it's coming)  Never stopped me dreaming (football's coming home)