Road to London

Everyone said she's gonna be the one to put this village on the map
 Everywhere that she ever went they would lift her up in their hands
 Every day a shiny medal wrapped around her neck
 There were no records left unbroken
 Even though she never really listened
 No praise was left unspoken
 And every day marched on the same
 Like an army, they were coming
 But she looked up to the hills but all she could see
 Was the long road to London
 When he walked into school
 Everybody felt like they were in some American movie
 With the half-smile and those sad eyes
 That all of the girls like
 No one ever said they didn't see it coming
 They were predictable as spring
 The sun was bright on their wedding day
 All of the bells, they were singing
 But every day marched on the same
 And the army was setting up their tents now
 And when she looked behind the hills
 She could see one day she'd be dancing in London
 He never hit the bottle and he never turned mean
 She had nothing to complain about
 But the weight of expectation in everybody's eyes
 Was like an anvil in her gut
 Every now and then she'd see some friend who'd just come home
 And they'd tell their tales of wonder
 She wondered when it happened
 She just a gray day and they the thunder
 And every day marched on the same
 And the army is the government
 And when she looked up to the hills
 The fallen trees had blocked her road to London