Close your eyes & think of England
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1. Day by day we're winnowing away
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at
the kind of world the heathens had their eyes on.
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Step by step the sun is going to set
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on
the waves that sully the horizon.
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So close your eyes and think of England,
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that boat afloat on the ocean sets
my spine a-tingling.
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So, let the boys brigade be singing,
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close your e.............yes, close
your e............yes.
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2. Blow by blow, there's gonna
be a show,
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we're
gonna teach the goons the who is who of history.
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Deal by deal we'll crush them on a wheel
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of
progress and manifest destiny.
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So, close your eyes and think of England,
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that boat afloat on the ocean with
the chains of state a-jingling,
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and at the sight of intermingling
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close your e.............yes, close
your e............yes.
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+ Close the door behind you,
I feel kinda blue,
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I guess I miss the time the
scapegoat was always someone new.
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So step up to the camera, you....
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And close your eyes and think of England,
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that boat afloat all alone on the
ocean is sinking.
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And a telephone is ringing,
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the coastguard have been drinking,
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nobody had an inkling
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'cos they closed their
ey.............es.
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+ Close your ey................es.
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Close your ey................es.
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Close your ey................es.
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(orig. = capo 2nd) (Del Amitri)