Goodbye England (Covered In Snow)

You were so smart then in your jacket and coat

My softest red scarf was warming your throat

Winter was on us at the end of my nose

And I never love England more than when covered in snow



But a friend of mine says it's good to hear

That you believe in love even if said in fear

Well I hold you there brother and set you straight

I only believe true love is frail and willing to break



I will come back here, bring me back when I'm old

I want to lay here forever in the cold

I might be cold but I'm just skin and bones

And I never love England more than when covered in snow



I wrote my name in your book

Only God knows why

And I bet you that he cracked a smile

And I'm clearing all the crap out of my room

Trying desperately to figure out what it is that makes me blue

And I wrote an epic letter to you

And it's twenty-two pages front and back but it's too good to be used

And I try to be a girl who likes to be used

I'm too good for that, there's a mind under this hat

And I called them all and told them I've got to move.



I'm out Ma, it's too hard

I'm on my own, it's too hard

Feel like running, feel like running

Run it off



And we will keep you, we will keep you

Little one, safe from harm

Like an extra arm you are part of us



You were so smart then in your jacket and coat

My softest red scarf was warming your throat

Winter will leave us, left the end of my nose

Goodbye old England until next year's snow