Italia 1990 – Nessun Dorma (None shall sleep)
The hairs stood on the back of my neck
From the opening curtain
Nessun Dorma
We did not sleep
Colosseum carnival, ticker-tape cheers
Gladiators, sunsets, Geordie tears
A spell was cast
That thrilled and chilled
That froze the past
Below the skin
‘We watched the stars and trembled
With love and with hope’
Klinsmann, Maldini, Gascoigne, Schillaciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
A beautiful tragedy
Beheld
And our bittersweet penalty
That Pearced a million hearts
Is that, it’s not all over
When the fat man sings