Albion
Eric Andersen
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Wave and thou shalt see the soft Aegean shores
Wave on, wave on thy foamy waves
The sky is now the ceiling, the sandy tides a floor
Beyond the sphere the Grecian thunders rage
No freedom's ever born to be locked inside a cage
England ruined her ideals, each promise never kept
Torn apart by battle, held aloft but never saved
Go crush the briny tides, hey get every hand on deck
Come see the other way and see how England's left
Albion, oh Albion, farewell your island shores
Albion, oh Albion, your stones I don't want no more
I was dogged and hunted down like a nightingale or a grouse
I awoke one morning in London town to find out I was famous
I ran beneath a flame of tongues no sea could ever douse
Though crippled, a lover and actor shameless
Praise fell on the poet, not altogether blameless
Childe Harold crackled with whispers, but the poet would not confess
And the love that no one dared to speak was a love no longer nameless
No rhymes could stop the rumors of sodomy and incest
Exile or the gallows, they cried, let's put him to the test!
Albion, oh Albion, farewell your island shores
Albion, oh Albion, your stones I don't want no more
Cain, my play they denounced 'cause I questioned the Almighty
Every era needs a sacrifice, some neck to aim the blade
I built Napoleon's carriage, hey but nothing's ever tidy
England creamed the Emperor twice, but I received a rage
Poets speaking truth to power, but power loves the stage
Cain the firstborn human, Abel the first one slain
Shouldn't mankind trust the Maker and what's written on the page?
Can a God be good or evil who destroys as much as he creates?
Or did God just leave the building, hey like Elvis left the stage?
Albion, oh Albion, farewell your island shores
Albion, oh Albion, your stones I don't want no more
Missolonghi, Missolonghi, I sailed your Grecian shores
I sold and traded everything to see your land set free
I saw Elgin steal your marbles, what a squalid tale of horror!
Sweet freedom, can we ever drink to Greek democracy?
George Washington's America made every tyrant flee
An experiment of reason, not the sword of Hercules
No battle's worth the effort to steal a golden fleece
Lift freedom's tide, lift every boat to every dream of sea
And I wouldn't trade a poem one time to become the King of Greece
Albion, oh Albion, farewell your island shores
Albion, oh Albion, your stones I don't want no more
Albion, oh Albion, farewell your island shores
Albion, oh Albion, your stones I don't want no more
Your stones I don't want no more