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James – Goalie's Ball (1998) | Track profile | Dork

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B-Sides Ultra
Goalie's Ball

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Goalie's Ball

Release date: 1998

From B-Sides Ultra

Adult Alternative

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About This Track

"Goalie's Ball" is a track by James, from the album B-Sides Ultra, released 1998. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

James

James

Lyrics

Goalie's Ball

What's a gene between good friends

Said the monkey to the king

If you think yourself superior

You'll never learn a thing

Don't believe you're here to stay

Life gets you in the end

It's time to find out who you are

You lie and I'll pretend

What a life the lady cried

I've seen so many things

A range of human beings

From criminals to kings

All my life I've really tried

To treat them all the same

They travel the same journey

From the cradle through to grave

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Get the ball

Get the ball

Get the ball

Let me pass my memories on

My life is not my own

This is a shared experience

I'll send you my condolences

Engraved upon your stone

The ball

Get the ball

Get the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

Goalless draw

Goalless draw

Goalie's got the ball

He's got the ball

He's got the ball

He's got the ball

He's got the ball

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Track details

From B-Sides Ultra

1998

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Album

Release year

1998

—Tonight
—Dreaming Up Tomorrow
—Undertaker
—Goalie's Ball
—China Girl
—Stolen Horse
—The Lake
—Egoiste
—Honest Pleasure
—Van Gogh's Dog
—Where You Gonna Run
—I Defeat
—Assassin
—Gone Too Far
—Chunny Pops
—Still Alive
—William Burroughs

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