Rivers Lyrics - England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner

Our history runs down our rivers 

Down our rivers to the sea 

Reminds us of the things that matter 

Home and heart and history 

And all our sins will be forgiven 

Washed away to set us free 

By the rivers that run through our homesteads 

By myth and modal melody 

I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas 

To remind me of what I already know 

I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories 

To remind me an island is my home 

An island is my home 

I traveled far across this country 

Northumberland to Southern Downs 

I wandered up the rolling Humber 

And down the Thames to London town 

Countless lives were lived and lingered 

In the cuts, swerves, and the fells 

I left a tapestry called England 

And life and those who lived it well 

I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas 

To remind me of what I already know 

I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories 

To remind me an island is my home 

An island is my home 

Round here the sky is a little closer 

A little closer to the ground 

It's hard for someone to get lost here 

Harder still to get found 

Though I've seen a thousand rivers 

From the Mississippi to the Rhine 

The only place that I'll lay my hat down 

Is by an English riverside 

I traced these rivers from the cities to the seas 

To remind me of what I already know 

I traced the shorelines through a thousand histories 

To remind me an island is my home 

An island is my home 

So place your trust into the sea 

It's kept us safe for centuries 

It shaped our shores and steadily 

Its care has brought us, come 

When I die, I hope to be buried out in English seas 

So all that then remains of me 

Will lap against these shores 

Until England is no more 

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