England Lyrics

We got off the plane in the cold, cold rain

Lost track of the hour, lost track of the day

We were very far away from anywhere we'd been before



We got on a bus and we went to the city

Got off at a stop because we liked the name

We were in for an adventure

And that's all we knew for sure



And we walked until we couldn't walk no more

Jet lag and sore feet led us to the door

Of an expensive noisy bed

Where we could rest our heavy heads



We slept away the rest of the day

And well into the night

And we woke up with a hunger for life

Well before the sun rised



We didn't have money to ride the underground

So we walked the miles and miles of this town

When night fell like a rock we realized

We were never gonna find a patch of open ground



And the rain was comin' down

And the trains were shuttin' down

We were worn out, wet and lost

There was no shelter to be found



We spent over a week of our budget

On a taxi and a bed

And we made plans at night to escape

This expensive wonderland



We would set out for the wild

We would see what was beyond

We would sleep above the soil

And we would travel by our thumbs



And written above my hostel bed

In black marker it said

"There's a light

And it never goes out"



We didn't have a clue what we were doin'

We didn't even know where we wanted to go

The next day we took the tube all the way

Out to the end of the line



It took us five hours to find a place to stand

We stuck out our thumbs, we raised our hands

It was rainin' hard again

But we were not surprised



No one wants to pick you up

When you're soakin' wet

It was hard not havin' second thoughts

About goin' on this trip



And we ate the rest of our hostel bread

Under a dark, damp underpass

We watched the cars go past

The sun was sinking fast



But salvation came at last

In a little blue hatchback

And he took us a few miles down the road



The day was almost over

It was hard not to give in

We had made it outta the city

We were thinkin' about givin' up and settin' up our tent



But a Jeep pulled over then

And he told us to get in

He said his name was Nick

Right away he felt just like a friend



And he took us to some land

Where some people live on buses

Invited us to stay the night

And we could not refuse



We got a bus of our own

And it had a soft, warm bed

We built a little fire

And we dried our soaking shoes



And we slept, yeah we slept

Just like little babies



The next day at Stonehenge

We couldn't afford to get in

We thought it would be free,

We were surprised to see the fence



This day would set the theme

Of this trip for you and me

We could pay to see the sights of Europe

Or we could choose to eat



And we pressed on to an old Roman city

And we made it before night

We broke down and bought some fries

Just so we could get dry



And curse the sky, curse the sky, curse the sky

It rains all the time



We found a spot to pitch our tent

It was our first night in it

The rain soaked in, the ground was cold

It sank into my bones



And we decided that it was way too cold

To keep goin' the way we had planned to go

And that night we agreed that we would turn around

We'd head for warmer ground, we'd start makin' our way south



Oh you can't get lost if you've got no place to go

You can't take a wrong turn if you're not on your way home

And we realized just how free we really were