… And what happens next? We have the complete lyrics of Neil Diamond so that you know the lyrics by heart the next time you play with other football fans!
Jump directly to the lyrics of “Sweet Caroline”! 👇
“Sweet Caroline, oh oh oh” football anthem of England
Neil Diamond’s song is over 50 years old and yet it is impossible to imagine any English national team game without it: English fans can celebrate and roar with a mixture of solidarity and pride – exactly what a good anthem needs!
Football fans are not the first to discover “Sweet Caroline”: A baseball team celebrated with it in the 1990s and it was also an anthem for American football clubs.
Why do the English sing “Sweet Caroline”?
Why is “Football’s Coming Home” (catchy tune? You’re welcome. ❤) no longer being sung, but “Sweet Caroline” instead? This was a spontaneous decision by the stadium DJ after the quarter-final match between England and Germany in 2021.
Exclusive SWR3 version Soundtrack for the German goals: Major Tom in the SWR3 special version!
At the request of the fans, “Major Tom” is the new goal anthem for the German national football team’s home games, but not yet for the European Championships. We have our own version that you can hear here!
The song was so well received that at some point even the German fans were singing along! The team just stuck with it and the fans welcomed the decision. And because Neil Diamond’s lyrics are so moving, we have the lyrics for you here.
Where it began?
I can’t begin to know when.
But then I know it’s growin’ strong.
Was in the spring?
And spring became the summer.
Who’d have believe you’d come along?
Hands –
Touchin’ hands.
Reachin’ out,
Touching me, touchin’ you!
Sweet Caroline,
Good times never seemed so good!
I’ve been inclined,
To believe they never would.
But now I look at the night,
And it don’t seem so lonely.
We fill it up with only two,
And when I hurt?
Hurtin’ runs off my shoulders.
How can I hurt when holdin’ you?
Warm –
Touchin’ warm.
Reachin’ out,
Touchin’ me, touchin’ you!
Sweet Caroline,
Good times never seemed so good!
I’ve been inclined,
To believe they never would. Oh, no, no.
Sweet Caroline,
Good times never seemed so good!
Sweet Caroline,
I believe they never could.
Sweet Caroline!
German translation
I don’t even know where and how it all started.
But somehow something has grown there.
Maybe it was in the spring.
And spring became summer.
Who would have thought that you would come this way?
And then there were hands touching.
Who reached out to each other.
That touched me. That touched you.
Sweet Caroline,
I never thought good times could be this good.
I was more inclined
to doubt it.
And now I look at the evenings.
And they don’t seem so lonely anymore.
We fill it with just the two of us.
And when I feel bad,
then the pain bounces off me.
How can it hurt if I hold you at the same time?
And then there were hands touching.
Who reached out to each other.
That touched me. That touched you.
Sweet Caroline,
I never thought good times could be this good.
I was more inclined
to doubt it.
Sweet Caroline,
I never thought good times could be this good.
I was more inclined
to doubt it.
2024-07-01 14:05:32
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