Goodbye England [Covered In Snow] lyrics

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 my nose

And I'll never love England more than when covered in snow

But a friend of mine says it good to hear

That you believe in love even if set in fear

Well I'll hold you there brother and set you straight

I don't really 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'll 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 22 pages front and back but it's too good to be used

And I tried 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

And I'm out on my own

It's too hard

I'm out on my own

It's too hard

Feel like running

Feel like running

Running off

And we will keep you

We will keep you little one

Safe from harm

Like an extra arm you are a 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

Well goodbye old England until next years snow

• Artist:Laura Marling
• Album:I Speak Because I Can (2010)