Goodbye England's Rose

Goodbye England’s Rose May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed yourself Where lives were torn apart You called out to our country And you whispered to those in pain Now you belong to heaven And the stars spell out your name And it seems to me you’ve lived your life Like a candle in the wind Never fading with the sunset When the rain set in And your footsteps will always fall here                            stop Along England’s greenest hills Your candle’s burned out long before Your legend ever will                   Loveliness we’ve lost Those empty days without your smile This torch will always carry for our nation’s golden child Even though we try The truth brings out the tears All our words can not express The joy you brought us through the years Goodbye England’s rose May you ever grow in our hearts You were the grace that placed yourself Where lives were torn apart Goodbye England’s rose From the country lost without your soul We’ll miss the wings of your compassion More than you will ever know