English Rose

Across the sea by the Tennessee skyline

They told me I'd find my hopes and my dreams

But I'd long to be, in the bed of my true love

Back where I came from, she's waiting for me

So I'll make my way through long winding country roads

But my heart still beats for my home and my English rose

I told my dad on the phone it's amazing

From the straight to the crazy, these places I've seen

But I long to be, in the arms of my true love

Like he loves my mother, he understands me

I'll spend my days, just travelling and playing shows

But my heart still beats for my home and my English rose

I met a man in a bar down in Memphis

He told me he went there to follow his dreams

He told me, "Son, you know I lost my true love

For the same exact reason that you crossed the sea"

And I found truth in people I barely know

But my heart still beats for my home and my English rose

Oh, my heart still beats for my home and my English rose

Oh, my heart still beats for my home and my English rose