(With lots of love to Jon Gillaspie)
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I can see you standing by a river... the moon is full - I see by her light - reflected on your face the stillness of this summer night... By the bridge your mind has turned to dreaming and building some new castle in the air... I do not feel that at such moments - I should be there... CHORUS: Oh how you love England! I wish you every happiness I know in this mad love affair with England.... I only hope she never lets you go..... Works of art and poetry have moved you; music often calls you from your bed... and now and then a lady passes by you and she turns your head... But I have seen you gazing out on London and sensed a part of you no-one can own. You're like a man who's wandered half his lifetime - and now he's home.... CHORUS: Oh how you love England! I wish you every happiness I know in this mad love affair with England.... I only hope she never lets you go..... Time has left it's scars upon this country - yet you see her young and lovely still... So, with all your passion, you pursue her - and you always will. 'Cos lines of age, like those on human faces, have no meaning in a lover's eye.... So do you restore to her the beauty of days gone by.... CHORUS: Oh how you love England! I wish you every happiness I know in this mad love affair with England.... I only hope she never lets you go..... (In this mad love affair - I only hope she never lets you go!) Lyrics & Music: © Rosie Hardman 1979 |
