'Flowers & Football Tops' by Glasvegas

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Some of you may be aware of the Glaswegian indie band Glasvegas (they're certainly one of my favourite bands at the moment), but will probably not know about their song Flowers & Football Tops, inspired by the anti-white racially-motived abduction, torture and murder of Glasgow teenager Kriss Donald.

The song's title refers to the particularly British custom of placing football-tops alongside the flowers at a place of memorial for the recently deceased. The song itself largely tries to convey some of the suffering of a parent being informed that their son has been found dead.

One thing I love about Glasvegas is that they keep their strong Glaswegian accents, however, this might prove slightly problematic for non-Scots to understand, so these are the lyrics:

Baby
Why you not home yet?
Baby its getting late
I wish you would be home by now.
Door bell rings
Who could it be at this time?
Police on my left and right
My son’s not coming home tonight

Baby, they don’t need to show
It's over, I know
Baby, they don’t need to show
Flowers and football tops, I know
Baby, baby, baby, why you?

No sweeping exits
No hollywood endings
Flowers and football tops
Don’t mean a thing.

My baby is six feet under
Just another number
My daughter without her brother.

Baby, they don’t need to show
It's over, I know
Baby, they don’t need to show
Flowers and football tops, I know

My baby is gone…

(You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
I hope you noticed
How much I loved you
How could they take my sunshine away)


Here are two versions of the song, an acoustic version (my personal favourite) and the album version:

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