The Vaudeville Smash - Zinedine Zidane lyrics
In 1972, under a scorching June sun, In the French coastal town of Marseille, Two Algerian immigrants awaited the birth of their fifth child. Later that day, a star was born. Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, Verón. Suárez, van Basten, Gianluigi Buffon. Xavi, Iniesta, Drogba, Hazard. Tevez, Schweinsteiger, Steven Gerrard. Alessandro Del Piero, Neymar, Forlán. Özil, Nakata, Jean-Pierre Papin. Ballack, van Persie, Beckham, Giggs, Scholes, but the strongest of them all… Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. Lionel Messi, Gareth Bale, Kewell. NedvÄ›d, Maldini, Agüero, Raúl. Casillas, Cavani, Benzema, Mandžukić. Mario Balotelli, Zlatan Ibrahimović. Lothar Matthäus, Shevchenko, Cantona. Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Romário, Rivaldo, Robinho, Ramires, Kaká. Falcao, Franck Ribéry, Pirlo, Cahill, Kompany, but the strongest of them all… Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. And you burn through the dark like a fire (Puskás, Eusébio). So much more than the world is dreaming of (Beckenbauer, Platini, Best). He’ll fight (Charlton) and his light (Cruyff) will shine on and on and on (Baggio). Oh why (Diego Armando Maradona) With his will to survive (Pelé). Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane, superstar, superstar. Cannavaro, Karagounis, Chicharito, William Gallas. Sánchez, Mark Bosnich, Hulk, Alexi Lalas. Wilkshire, Honda, Busquets, Dickie, Simão, Thierry Henry, Modrić, Vidal. Park Ji-sung, Donovan, Eto’o, Zizou, Zizou! Zinedine Zidane, Zinedine Zidane. He is a part of things. He is a part of things.