Tears of a Lady

Lyrics

England You lost a friend and gained a saint Who met her fate without complaint Her arms were open wide And the nation swirled with pride Her heart as big as a London bus Wales She was your princess, fair and square But all the world wanted a share The lies they tried to tell The books they tried to sell Put flecks of gray in golden hair But the timid smile could not disguise The fluid welling in her eyes Like a thousand drops of English summer rain Making smearing patterns on my window pane Your cooling presence kept us sane I wish I could bathe in you May the tears of a lady wash us clean again Like the mighty River Thames rolls to the sea Full of ships and boats and maritime degree You cut a course through history I wish I could float on you May the tears of a lady bear my lord for me Like the nation's lifeblood racing through its veins (Like the nation's blood) Bringing oxygen to muscle, spleens, and brains (Muscle, spleens and brains) Now all that we have left are stains (All we have left are stains) We'll never get rid of them And the tears of a lady trickle down our drains