Final Score

He was ten years old with a head of steam

Spotted by a scout, asked to join the team

A step up that couldn't come too soon

As he walked inside to the changing room

On a frosty pitch, it was not a test

He could read the ball and outrun the rest

With a natural skill he could weave his way

To the six yard line again and again

When the coach came in, he was toweling off

With his hair still wet and his hands aloft

There was joy and pride on his pretty face

Havin' scored the goal that won the game

The coach sat him down in the corner

Said that, "One day you could play

(One day he'd play, one day he'd play, one day he'd play)

For Manchester United or Arsenal

But you gotta do whatever I say

(Do what I say, do what I say, do what I say)

He was thirty one when he faced his fears

Secret childhood days hurt him down the years

So he told his wife and she held him close

She said call someone, he picked up the phone

Now he's on the bench at a little town

And it's common knowledge around the ground

There is some support for what he went through

He was brave to say that he'd been abused

Behind lock and key on a special wing

The coach tries to sleep but they come for him

Voices in his head speakin' louder now

As he thinks of the boys in the shower

The coach sat him down in the corner

Said that, "One day you could play

(One day he'd play, one day he'd play, one day he'd play)

For Manchester United or Arsenal

But you gotta do what I say

(Do what I say, do what I say, do what I say)