[ti:Flowers Of Manchester (Munich Air DIsaster)]
[ar:Bakerloo Junction]
[al:George Best - The Tribute Album]
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[00:00.00]Flowers of Manchester - Bakerloo Junction
[00:18.63]One cold and bitter Thursday
[00:22.60]In Munich Germany
[00:27.19]Eight great football players conceded victory
[00:35.01]Eight men who'll never play again
[00:39.19]Who met destruction there
[00:43.06]The flowers of English football
[00:47.39]The flowers of Manchester
[00:53.84]Matt Busby's boys were flying home
[00:57.83]Returning from Belgrade
[01:02.09]This great united family all masters of their trade
[01:10.12]The pilot of the aircraft
[01:14.19]The skipper captain Thain
[01:18.01]Three times they tried to take off
[01:22.43]And twice turned back again
[01:28.65]The third time down the runaway
[01:32.53]Disaster followed close
[01:36.59]There was a slush upon that turn might
[01:40.61]And the aircraft never rose
[01:44.60]It ploughed into the marshy ground
[01:48.76]It broke it overturned
[01:53.05]And eight of the team were killed as the blazing wreckage burned
[02:03.10]The trainer coach and secretary
[02:07.27]A member of the crew
[02:11.05]And also sporting journalists
[02:15.23]Who with united flew
[02:18.85]And one of them boost big fluent swift
[02:23.10]Who'll never sure forget
[02:27.31]The finest english 'keeper
[02:31.23]To ever graced the net
[02:37.01]Oh England's finest football team
[02:41.28]It's record truly great
[02:45.04]It's proud successes mocked
[02:48.48]By a cruel turn of fate
[02:53.10]Eight men will never play again
[02:57.24]Who met destruction there
[03:01.52]The flowers of English football
[03:05.43]The flowers of Manchester