Oh England My Lionheart
Kate Bush
Oh! England my Lionheart I’m in your garden fading fast in your arms. The soldiers soften the war is over. The air raid shelters are blooming clover. Flapping umbrellas fill the lanes-- My London Bridge in rain again. Oh! England my Lionheart! Peter Pan steals the kids in Kensington Park. You read me Shakespeare on the rolling Thames-- That old river poet that never ever ends. Our thumping hearts hold the ravens in And keep the tower from tumbling. Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart I don’t want to go. Oh! England my Lionheart! Dropped from my black Spitfire to my funeral barge. Give me one kiss in apple-blossom. Give me one wish and I’d be wassailing In the orchard my English rose Or with my shepherd who’ll bring me home. Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart Oh! England my Lionheart I don’t want to go.