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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 thumpin' hearts hold the ravens in
Keep the tower from tumblin'

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
I don't want to go

I'm driving a minivan from the university motor pool this week, and I hate to admit that crawling in traffic in this giant barge with an automatic transmission is marginally less annoying than crawling in traffic with a manual transmission. What would be even better is a train, where someone else has to drive while I listen to Kate Bush and daydream about building the perfect outhouse, complete with bookshelves and a solar vent fan.