Impeachment Inquiry
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Posted:Oct 6, 2019 2:26 am
Last Updated:Oct 28, 2019 3:30 pm 38481 Views
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There is "an elephant in the room" but nobody wants to talk about it .... You know it, I know it, but nobody post blog to talk about it.
THE ROUGH transcript of President Trump’s July 25 with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prompted a debate about whether, in pressing for politicized investigations of alleged Ukrainian interference in the 20 and 16 election and of Joe Biden, Mr. Trump dangled rewards for Mr. Zelensky as a quid pro quo. In our view, the transcript contained at least a hint that Mr. Trump was linking the “favor” he wanted arms sales, and clear evidence that he was tying it a White House invitation.
That conclusion is now confirmed. messages among U.S. diplomats and a Ukrainian official released by House committees definitively show that not only did the Trump administration seek extract Ukrainian promises of political probes in exchange for a summit meeting, but also they spent weeks negotiating the deal both before and after the Trump-Zelensky .
There was no lack of clarity on either side. “Heard from the White House,” U.S. special envoy Ukraine Kurt Volker texted a top aide to Mr. Zelensky on July 25, just ahead of the . “Assuming President Z convinces Trump he will investigate/ ‘get to the bottom of what happened’ in 20, we will nail down date for a visit to Washington.”
About two weeks later, amid negotiations over what, exactly, Mr. Zelensky would say in publicly announcing the probes, the aide, Andrey Yermak, texted Mr. Volker: “I think it’s possible to make this declaration and mention all these things. . . . But it will be logic to do after we receive a confirmation of date.”
In the end, the deal did not go through. Instead, the record shows that Mr. Trump and his retainers kept raising their demands, like a casino developer squeezing a plumbing contractor.
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College Admission Cheating Scandal
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Posted:Sep 27, 2019 11:46 pm
Last Updated:Oct 7, 2019 12:15 pm 39198 Views
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There are many celebrities such as Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, two Hollywood actresses, Relatives of a young woman from China enrolled at Yale the sum $1.2 millions USD to a college consultant at the center of the scandal.
Felicity Huffman thousand to cheat on her 's SAT test, was sentenced this month to two weeks in prison plus a fine of $30,000.
A Los Angeles-based executive $400,000 to get his into Georgetown University under the guise that he was a tennis recruit was sentenced Thursday to 4 months in prison.
Stephen Semprevivo had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and was the 3rd parent to be sentenced in the sprawling case that has ensnared more than 50 parents, college coaches and test administrators.
Devin Sloanewas the 2nd parent sentenced, another LA-based executive $250,000 to get his into the University of Southern California falsely as a water polo player. (incidentally, USC IS my alma mater)
Semprevivo, Sloane and Huffman are among the 35 parents have been charged as part of the scheme to cheat, bribe and lie to gain an advantage in the college admissions system. parents have pleaded guilty to fraud conspiracy charges.
Devin Sloane received his sentence for his in the college admissions scandal, and it might mean something for Lori Loughlin. Lori Loughlin has not yet been sentenced.
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My was high school graduated in June 2005 got perfect scores of 1,600 on both SAT I and II. Her picture was on a local Chinese newspaper. She skipped a grade during the elementary. She got 1st place every year for spelling bee and math count and represented for her school to compete with other 45 elementary schools and she got from 1st place to 4th place in her young ages. U.S. President George W. Bush was the president in 2005 sent her a gold foil envelop letter with presidential seal to congratulate my got perfect scores on both SAT I and II and gave her U.S. Presidential scholarship for 4 years and Secretary of Education also sent a formal letter to my to congratulate her and gave her U.S. Merit Scholarship for 4 years. All UC (University of California) from North to South granted her admission. UC Berkeley even called me to ensure that my to attend UC Berkeley. However, her boyfriend (now husband) only wanted to go UC Irvine, so both of them attended UC Irvine. My got 2 majors in Psychology and Neurbiology. All UC granted my tuition free for 4 years, so I didn't any tuition, but I her books and dormitory for 2 years and outside rent and living expenses for her undergraduate university. (normally dormitory only give freshman for 1 yr, but UCI gave her 2 yrs as a praise that both SAT perfect scores). Because my has skipped a grade in elementary, she decided to extend a yr for her 2nd major to get all A grades. UC gave her 5 yrs free tuition. I save a lot in tuition during her bachelor degrees.
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How dare you! Greta Thunberg turns Trump's attack back to him
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Posted:Sep 24, 2019 2:22 pm
Last Updated:Oct 7, 2019 8:34 am 35916 Views
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In an angry and impassioned speech the U.N. climate summit Monday, Thunberg denounced world leaders for their neglect of the threat of global warming.
“This is all wrong,” Thunberg said, reading from a piece of paper. “I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in on the other side of the ocean, yet you come to us people for hope. How dare you.”
“People are suffering,” the sixteen-year-old continued through tears. “People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!”
“You say you hear us and understand the urgency, but no matter how sad and angry I am, I do not want to believe that,” she added. “Because if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act, then you would be evil. And that I refuse to believe.”
Trump, whose administration has rolled back environmental protections and withdrew the U.S. from the Paris climate accord, was not scheduled to attend the event, but he showed up briefly, arriving after Thunberg had spoken and leaving after about minutes.
Thunberg, though, did see Trump in the hallway.
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Taiwan No. 1 spot for expats living abroad: 2019 Expat Insider Survey
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Posted:Sep 7, 2019 9:06 am
Last Updated:Sep 22, 2019 6:24 pm 32383 Views
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Taiwan reclaims 2016 rank as best place to live for expats.
Taiwan has once again reclaimed its No. 1 rank as the best place to live according to expats, up from 2nd place in last year’s Expat Insider 2019 Survey.
The last time Taiwan took the top spot in the survey, which analyzes quality of life abroad, was in 2016, the first year it was included. Since then it has maintained a spot in the top 5 every year.
Coming in just behind Taiwan is regional neighbor Vietnam, indicating the Southeast Asian country as an increasingly attractive destination for people resettling abroad. The third spot in the survey went to Portugal, which has consistently scored well with expats living there.
According to Expat Insider, around 86 % of expats surveyed in Taiwan have a positive view of their life here. According to respondents, major draws to the country are the friendliness of its people, its affordable cost of living, and its healthcare.
The top ten list for 2019 is as follows.
1. Taiwan
2. Vietnam
3. Portugal
4. Mexico
5. Spain
6. Singapore
7. Bahrain
8. Ecuador
9. Malaysia
10. The Czech Republic
With respondents living in 182 countries or territories, the Expat Insider survey consists of several indices: quality of life, ease of settling in, working abroad, personal finance, cost of living, and family life. Taiwan scored high marks in all categories.
Taiwan ranked third overall on the quality of life index, behind only the Iberian countries of Portugal (No. 1) and Spain (No. 2). Taiwan’s highest marks in the quality of life sub-indices were in travel and transportation, health and well being, and personal happiness.
Out of all the countries surveyed for ease of settling in, Taiwan ranked at No. 14. On the sub-indices for the category, Taiwan ranked as the No. 4 friendliest country for expats after Oman, Mexico, and Portugal. Taiwan also ranked highly in the feeling at home index and the finding friends index, but not as high on the language index (No. 38 ).
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Proud to be a Taiwanese-American
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Posted:Sep 3, 2019 12:42 am
Last Updated:Sep 17, 2019 4:14 pm 32313 Views
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As Hong Kong entered thirteenth week protest, they want to have FREEDOM, they don't want under the China's terror, totalitarianism, and control. If you ask a Hongkonger in USA who escaped out from Hong Kong before 19 & 97, they will reply you that they are Hongkonger, they won't admit they are Chinese. If you ask a Hongkonger in Hong Kong now, there is 86 % of them want to be under British colony again. If you ask a Taiwanese where they came from, 9.5 out of 10 will say they are Taiwanese, not a Chinese. I have lived in USA for 39 years, there was a questionnaire about "race" on voting ballot, there was a checkbox said Chinese and a Other. Most of Taiwanese in USA choose Other and wrote Taiwanese on the line. I have many Hong Kong friends and Taiwanese friends, they did the same as I did on the U.S. ballot.
My ancestors have been in Taiwan for 400 years. Although I was not born yet when Chiang Kai-Shek escaped to Taiwan in 19 & 49. I knew the Feb 28 incident in Taiwan that k*lled thousand of Taiwanese in 58 days. I don't need an Aussie to tell me repeatedly that we had Chiang Kai-Shek who massacred Taiwanese. We didn't like Chiang either but they had weapons, but Taiwanese didn't. Also 58 days massacre is small scale in comparison of Cultural Revolution for a decade that million and million of people had been massacred because they were intelligent and rich people. Mao sent Red Guards (mostly rebellion teenagers) entered to school campuses, took the professors, teachers, principals, ... entered the rich landowners house and k*lled them and their relatives. Who said some justice words for those people? Nobody dared to protect those intelligent scholars because they would die with them.
And yet, the communist government not allow people to talk about the history. They think if nobody talked Cultural Revolution, the rest of the world won't know. So, they don't allow Google to tell the truth. Baidu has the censorship that approved by Chinese government. In China, there are thousand of surveillance camera at the four corner of intersection. Once you have been suspected as a protestor, they can use your face to identify you. Is this legal? Those cameras are not for traffic or accidents because police rarely care about the traffic accidents. But if you have different opinions than government, you will be caught.
There are Chinese people have been brainwashed from the textbooks and their propaganda that Hong Kong and Taiwan are part of China. Let me ask Chinese, if we are one of your provinces why you want to weapon attack us to flat for 7 days and 7 nights. We have done nothing wrong to your country. We just have Democracy education and believe in what we think is correct. We have presidential election every 4 yrs, that is our voice. Taiwan has successfully converted to a Democracy country, we have had 4 presidents that have been elected from different parties i.e. Mr. Lee, Mr. Chen, Mr. Ma and Ms Tsai. Communist is still an one party country. They have NOT learned Democracy because the leaders wanted POWER, full control their people. It is Okay to do whatever their leaders want to do in China, I don't give a d*mn. However, we have human rights to be alive, don't bomb Hong Kong or Taiwan. You will make the hatred deeper and wilder. We won't be brainwashed as a communist.
There are many many Chinese Nationalists and communist sympathizer foreigners, you are not Hongkongers and Taiwanese, you don't understand how we feel about the situation we are in. I have left Taiwan for 39 yrs, but I love Taiwan still. My relatives and co-workers, classmates, ... are living with 24 million people in Taiwan.
So, to an Aussie, you don't need to remind me who the h*ll Chiang Kai-Shek was. He came from China, spoke different language and massacre Taiwanese.
My mom was a nurse and midwife, my father-in-law was a MD, I am a pharmacist, my ex is a dentist, my is a OBGYN MD, we are all in medical field. What is our commitment? first, do no harm and improve the health and prolong the life. We don't like cruel massacre and torture people. We are peaceful persons.
An Aussie changed to a communist sympathizer since Hua-Wei CFO had been arrested in Canada and Trump tariff hike and trade war. I am a Democrat, didn't vote for Trump. What Trump said is none of my business. We have another election next year.
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Referendum - The anonymous voice
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Posted:Aug 18, 2019 10:24 pm
Last Updated:Sep 17, 2019 4:52 pm 32090 Views
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Hong Kong has entered weeks protest since "extradition bill". It is pro-Democracy vs. pro-Communism battle. It is about Hong Kong 7.4 million lives and Taiwan 25 million lives in line. We can't communicate with communists because they have never had democracy education. But we know well if we give-up our "human rights", we will eventually cave-in (認輸) the communist brutality. I am not in China, or Hong Kong, or Taiwan. I am a pro-peace, pro-Democracy person. I don't want to see Democracy been beaten by communists.
In my personal opinion, I think "Referendum" is a solution for all 3 places of people: China, HK and Taiwan. We all know from the history that HK was a British colony for 99 years, they have learned Democracy and escaped from the Cultural Revolution. HK is one of top 5 harbor in the world and gateway for China. They are scared to be tortured or lock up in jail for the unfair trial, if they have different voice (political opinions). Because the fear and for the next generation, they fight for the freedom and the democracy they believe in.
China has threatened Taiwan that they will attack with weapons if Taiwanese won't obey the communists. They have been brainwashed that Hong Kong and Taiwan are part of China. If China is a Democracy country, has presidential election, freedom of speech, religion and press, respect "human rights", I think HK and Taiwan will be more than happy to unify with them. The problem is China is a tyranny country, no presidential election, they don't want people have different political opinions, the cruelty and massacres frightened us. The top leaders like to have "power" to threat people by brutality.
If we can have British or USA to intervene and let Hong Kong and Taiwanese to have anonymous "Referendum". Let HK and Taiwan to decide their fates. I know there are still have very small percentage of HK and Taiwanese pro-communism, let those small people go to China, on the other hand, let HK citizens to remain what they have been doing and let Taiwan people continue to live the way they used to live. China has a huge population, they don't need more people. To unify HK and Taiwan will cause China many and serious problems because the separations have been too long and too deep gap. The 3 places can't peaceful live one China. We have different thoughts that can't be force to change. We are pro-Democracy, we believe election is a voice for a leader, we believe bipartisan system can correct or prevent a "dictator" to k*ll people with different political opinions.
We have different background, education, thoughts, ... for many years. Let the people speak up their voice for what they want by "Referendum", a peaceful statement. Let people decide what is their lives. Respect people's wishes. Or stay in "Status Quo" and k*ck the can down the road.
I hope there is a Justice in China and respect Hong Kong and Taiwan people's wishes. It is not a good idea to unify HK and Taiwan because they won't cooperate with communists. I don't believe in violence, so don't want China weapon attack HK and Taiwan. There are too much blood in your hands. Other countries in the world are watching you!!!
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How to get around of AFF automatic censor machine
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Posted:Aug 17, 2019 9:32 am
Last Updated:Aug 26, 2019 8:50 am 34158 Views
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I have been frustrated for so long with Chinese FriendFinder automatic censor machine. I posted my profile on Chinese FriendFinder after I filed divorce 5 months later. In my profile, I mentioned I emigrated to USA in 19 and 80. I called Chinese FriendFinder toll free phone #s and always Filipino answered the phone. They explained my profile was denied because I put all 4 digits together and the censor machine think I gave away my phone #s. I asked to talk to their supervisor but they refused. However, they did manually changed the year with 4 digits together. I have edited my profile several times when I had another long trip overseas. Every time I had to call Chinese FriendFinder again to have them manually changed the year with 4 digits together.
Then I posted blogs that been denied because the word "k*ll". Such as the lyrics in "Imagine" Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to k*ll or die for
And no religion, too
I tried to edit the word "k*ll" but the rest of lyrics have been changed or deleted. I have to call them again and Filipino refused me to talk to their supervisor or the "technical support". I was frustrated. I asked her or his name, they refused to give me. They put me on hold for long time. I insisted that I didn't k*ll anyone but the lyrics has the word "k*ll". Finally they agreed me to escalate to urgent matter and their supervisor emailed me. I kept their email address and directly contact them without going through the painful Chinese FriendFinder operator. Chinese FriendFinder operator sounded like I can't talk to their supervisor, I only can deal with them.
I have posted my Italy travel log. There are 7 pictures in Vatican with Michelangelo statue were disappeared 2 days after those pictures approved. I called Chinese FriendFinder but again they refused to help me to put the pictures back because they don't know how. I said I wanted to talk to "technical support". The operator refused. I insisted and been hold long time, then she put escalate urgent message. The technical support called me back and emailed me too. In the email, I found the Filipino message said I am as "he" and "him" not "she" and "her". Anyway, the technical support found those pictures back a week later.
If you need to use the word "k*ll", you need to add * in the word or use the words such as massacre or carnage or murder instead. The word "st*pid", you need to change to ignorant or moron instead of st*pid. As (10% ), you'd better add a space in between % and ) or it won't go through.
Some gold members provided their phone #s and email address or WeChat ID in their profiles or Chinese FriendFinder email and could go through. I know they are scammers but because they are gold members, they can write private contact information to talk outside and then scam you. I am not a paid member, I can't read anyone's profile or initiate an email.
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Pro Democracy vs. Pro Communism
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Posted:Aug 14, 2019 2:41 am
Last Updated:Aug 20, 2019 12:26 pm 32144 Views
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Ever since Hong Kong uproar for 2 months because Communist China government wants to tighten its control on HK and want to extradite HK citizens to China for trials, if HK people have different opinions or voice against China.
I really don't like confrontation, I don't like to see the protest became bleeding riots. However, the calmly demonstration won't work when HK citizens feel that their "human rights" have been destroyed. China government wants to intervene the HK judiciary laws. This is violated "two systems policy" as China promised.
A blogger said all the American journalists reported the news in favor of HK people. He said HK people lose the calmness and accuse me that I have vendetta with China. I am very disappointed for an Aussie who has lived in China several years became a Pro Communism. It is sad.
I always feel lucky to be born and raised in Taiwan that I wasn't brainwashed by communist. HK people were lucky that HK was British colony for 99 years. HK and Taiwan have had Democracy education. We weren't been brainwashed by communists. That is why we are not silent lambs, have freedom of speech, religion and press.
Chinese government should apologize to Chinese people for "Cultural Revolution" for a decade and massacred million of intelligent people, the Tiananmen square massacre (the tank man) hundred of protest students died on June 4th about 30 years ago, the Fa-Lum-Gong members disappeared and their human organs (kidneys, liver, heart, ...) have been taken out, the abortion for One-Baby policy (rather than take contraceptive pills to prevent pregnancies). For so many cruelties, and yet Chinese people are silent lambs, nobody protested because they don't have bipartisan system to "checks and balance" their government. The tyranny won't work on HK and Taiwanese people.
When I emigrated to USA at age 24, I got a job as Loan Secretary at a bank. Few days later there was a 70+ old man got a teller job and he could speak English. During lunch time, I asked him why he could come to USA. He told me he was graduated from the best university - Chin-Hua university and was married and had a . Then the Cultural Revolution, he had been locked up in a jail for years, no food but they gave him lots of cigarettes. So, he addicted to cigarettes. He had been beaten hard and been sent to rural area. He was very slim and tall. Communists separated him from his wife and and no mail or news or visiting at jail for years. His tears came down his face when he talked. His parents and younger brother, sister came to USA before the Cultural Revolution, but he was married, so he couldn't apply. Until many years later, he finally connected with his parents and siblings to USA. He smoke very heavily. I heard so many sad stories. The higher scholars, the worse situation, most of them died.
Of course, I don't want to see HK protest became violence. I think "Referendum" in Hong Kong and Taiwan is a must. Let people speak out what they want. It is easy from poor to rich, but difficult from rich to be poor. A pro Democracy can't tolerate pro Communist. Freedom is very important.
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A hysterical Chinese woman confronted with me at a gym
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Posted:Aug 10, 2019 12:13 pm
Last Updated:Mar 27, 2024 2:44 pm 33053 Views
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I have joined 24 hour Fitness after my mom died in Sept 20 . I have Aqua Aerobics classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
It is international mixed in women locker room that we can take shower, toilet, lockers, mirrors, ..... A Chinese woman (age 60+) talked with me in Mandarin Chinese. Her voice was loud that caused other ethnicity women turned their heads. I felt that was not a polite gesture to speak Mandarin Chinese in the public. So I said "we'd better speak English to prevent misunderstanding". All the sudden, that Chinese woman started to yell at me loudly "I don't know a word of English, I can't speak English or understand a word of English. You (that is me) speak Chinese, why can't you speak to me in Chinese? Mexican women spoke Spanish, why can't I speak Chinese? What can you do to me? You want to send me back to China?? She started be hysterical and frustrating. She asked another Chinese woman "can you speak English?" That woman said "I don't know a word of English either". Now both of them jumped on me that I wanted them to speak English in public. I walked away and talked to a Vietnamese woman in English, I told that Vietnamese woman that I don't like to make scene in public. Speak Chinese might cause misunderstanding to other ethnicity. This is America, people should speak English in public."
Other Americans, German women all turned their heads and they don't know what was happening but they don't like people shout the language that they don't understand.
Chinese came to USA for years but not speak a word of English. They don't want be assimilated. I came to USA in 1980, worked at a bank, I forced myself to speak English although I have had an accent. I have learned English in Taiwan since 7th . In the same bank, there are many employees from Hong Kong and they speak English because Hong Kong was a colony of England for 99 years.
Both my were born and raised in USA, I have NEVER forced them to speak Chinese or Taiwanese. They know both parents can speak English, so they always speak English.
It is a true story. What do you think these Chinese women spoke Chinese in the public in USA?. Do you think their attitude is right? I am a peaceful person, I don't like violence or bully persons.
p.s. Many Chinese walked the shower room naked. Other race women covered with towels. Why?
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Candle in the Wind by Elton John (Princess Diana tribute)
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Posted:Aug 5, 2019 11:51 pm
Last Updated:Sep 24, 2019 10:37 pm 30645 Views
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Goodbye England's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives were torn apart
You called our country
And you whispered those in pain
Now you belong heaven
And the stars spell your name
And it seems me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned long before
Your legend ever will
Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile
This torch, we'll always carry
For our nation's golden
And even though we try
The truth brings us to tears
All our words cannot express
The joy you brought us through the years
And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned out long before
Your legend ever will
Goodbye England's rose
May you ever grow in our hearts
You were the grace that placed yourselves
Where lives were torn apart
Goodbye England's rose
From a country lost without your soul
'll miss the wings of your compassion
More than you will ever know
And it seems me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never fading with the sunset
When the rain set in
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned long before
Your legend ever will
And your footsteps will always fall here
Along England's greenest hills
Your candle's burned long before
Your legend ever will
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