Big Country

[fox69]

"Pink Marshmallow Moon"

"Pink Marshmallow Moon"



We could both be something still
We could spend our lives fulfilled
We could leave the battlefields
No more arrows, no more shields
When the dust of war subsides
Will I find you by my side
We could be at peace out there
Before the summer fair

We'll live tomorrow girl
Today has come too soon
We'll live tomorrow girl
Beneath a pink marshmallow moon

On the road to monterey
I will be with you one day
Ride the length of highway one
Silhouettes against the sun
You can be my surfer queen
I will be your football team
We could build a love machine
At least you let me dream

We could find a secret room
Somewhere in the house of gloom
Meet the lost and lonely man
With his lost and lonely plan
He will say what I said then
You have loved and will again
Even though the gift of rain
Is destined to remain

 

[fox69]

"Porrohman"

"Porrohman"



Night hangs on the city
Like a blanket on a cage
A sacrifice prepared

Laughter lies on faces
Where the sun has never shone
The fear of life is strong

We are waiting in a forest
Deep and dark behind the wall
What is hidden in our hearts

Absolves us of all worry
When our fate is in the hands
Of a demon or a god

Porrohman come from the inside of time
Takes his dust from a moving line
On our knees with our eyes on the ground
Those once lost have now been found

Give us iron give us rope
Give us iron give us rope

Save us from all worldly pain
Save us from the glowing rain
Save us from all love and hope
Give us iron give us rope

Give us iron give us rope
Give us iron give us rope

 

[fox69]

"Post Nuclear Talking Blues"

"Post Nuclear Talking Blues"



I don’t have the magnetism of a national hero
I’m not desperate enough to
Carry ’round a bomb in a bag

And I hate to clean up behind my dog
He’s a pretty big guy and he eats like a hog
I never quite get that haircut they have in the window

I better give myself a talking to
I better work out what I’m going to do
Maybe get myself a wife
Better get myself a life
Instead of these post nuclear talking blues

When I go to the store
The express line gets derailed
I know that none of my batteries were included

I fall down every time I drink
I wash and all my whites turn pink
And I always come home with someone else’s pants

I better give myself a talking to
I better work out what I’m going to do
Maybe get myself a wife
Better get myself a life
Instead of these post nuclear talking blues

The rain won’t worry a drowning man
Until his feet are on dry land
He won’t even care if his best shoes are full of sand

Whenever my flight touches down
My bags are in a different town
And the customs men like to get intimate with me

I better give myself a talking to
I better work out what I’m going to do
Maybe get myself a wife
Better get myself a life
Instead of these post nuclear talking blues

And that’s all

 

[fox69]

"Prairie Rose"
(originally by Roxy Music)

"Prairie Rose"
(originally by Roxy Music)



(Texas)
Oh, that’s where I belong
It seems to me
Lonesome star shine on the big country
With open skies and you for company
Oh prairie rose
How happy I should be

Hey, hey… You can take it from me
Hey, hey… I’ll be home and you’ll see
Hey, hey… Oh what a state to be in
Hey, hey… You’re tantalizing me

(Texas)
I will compose in fancy rhyme or just plain prose
A song of praise to you my prairie rose
Though I’m not sure I can explain your strange allure
Oh prairie rose
A crown of thorns, a scented flower

Hey, hey… You can take it from me
Hey, hey… I’ll be home and you’ll see
Hey, hey… I better leave right away
Hey, hey… I can hear you calling me

Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… I hear your voice and it keeps me from sleeping

Prairie rose

Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… Prairie rose
Hey, hey… Prairie rose

 

[fox69]

"Promised Land"

"Promised Land"



The happy time
All our people are here
All the gifts that they bring
All the songs that we sing
Hollow blessings will ring

The killing time
All the bystanders hide
Everything on the slide
Mad and tired inside
Still a laugh of false pride

Would it take that pretty smile away from your face
Would it turn that pretty laughter into tears
Is there still a need for sorrow in the promised land
Will there always be tomorrow in the promised land
Well there’s just too many things I’m afraid to ask

Lying time
No more thought for a vow
One more break of a bough
One more voice asking how
Who is listening now

Would it take that pretty smile away from your face
Would it turn that pretty laughter into tears
Is there still a need for sorrow in the promised land
Will there always be tomorrow in the promised land
Well there’s just too many things I’m afraid to ask

Money time
One more judge takes his price
One more room filled with vice
And sadistical vice
One more child without voice

Would it take that pretty smile away from your face
Would it turn that pretty laughter into tears
Is there still a need for sorrow in the promised land
Will there always be tomorrow in the promised land
Well there’s just too many things I’m afraid to ask

Is there still a need for sorrow in the promised land
Will there always be tomorrow in the promised land
Well there’s just too many things I’m afraid to ask

 

[fox69]

"Rain Dance"

"Rain Dance"



If I hold my hand to you
Though you never asked me to
You will know it’s time for the rains to come
And you must help me through

If you feel the fear on me
That I know the eye can’t see
It comes with the sadness that the autumn brings
So we know what has to be

In the rain dance, I cool it all down
It is the year to come, oh when this one’s run

We are not dust we are not stone
Just as the wild seed is sown
No one knows how we bring it home
We only take as we have grown

When you put your arms on me
Are they meant to set me free
Or hold me like his master’s voice
And put the spell on me

I only have these hands
I only have the land
I fear you like the frost that the spring can bring
Or the fire of a cattle brand

In the rain dance, I cool it all down
It is the year to come, oh when this one’s run
In the rain dance, I cool it all down
It is the year to come, oh when this one’s run

We are not dust we are not stone
Just as the wild seed is sown
No one knows how we bring it home
We only take as we have grown

If I hold my hands to you
Though you never asked me to
You will know it’s time for the rains to come
And you must help me through

When we take all this to town
And I buy the wedding gown
We will find the newborn year
As the winter crashes down

In the rain dance, I cool it all down
It is the year to come, oh when this one’s run
In the rain dance, I cool it all down
It is the year to come, oh when this one’s run

 

[fox69]

"Remembrance Day"

"Remembrance Day"



In your fine green ware
I will walk with you tonight
In your raven hair
I will find a Summer night

Upon far flung soil
I will run you through my head
In my daily toil
All the promises are said

I know the weary can rise again
I know it all from the words you send

I will go, I will go
I will leave the firelight
I will go, I will go
For it's now the time is right

I will sing a young man's song
That you would sing
On Remembrance day
I will be the sacrifice
Bells will ring
On Remembrance Day

I must leave this land
And the hunger that is here
But the place I stand
Is the one I love so dear

Like a flower in some forest
That the world will never see
I will stand so proud
For I know what we can be

I know the weary can rise again
I know it all from the words you send

I will go, I will go
I will leave the firelight
I will go, I will go
For it's now the time is right

I will sing a young man's song
That you would sing
On Remembrance day
I will be the sacrifice
And bells will ring
On Remembrance Day

This day I will remember you
This way, I will always return

This day I will remember you
This way, I will always return

And I will sing a young man's song...

 

[fox69]

"Republican Party Reptile"

"Republican Party Reptile"



My cousin PJ gets crazy just as much as he can
A real party reptile for a northern man
He's dressed like a republican
He thinks conservative
But he drives faster than I ever did

He's into nuclear power and insider deals
He has a scene with baby oil and heels
He's my favorite politician
When he comes on weird
Says I'm not fit for this office let's get out of here

My, my, loves his ma and apple pie
Well, well, he's the party's favorite guy
I hope you like it
You know I'm going to take good care of you
I hope you like it
I hope next time you bring your friends with you

He's a drinkin', huntin', shootin', fishin' son of a gun
He knows a surgeon's gonna keep his wife young
Got industrial kickbacks in an offshore bank
Knows who to stand on and he knows how to thank

I hope you like it
You know I'm going to take good care of you
I hope you like it
I hope next time you bring your friends with you
My, my, loves his ma and apple pie
Well, well, he's the party's favorite guy

He likes to come take me for a night with the boys
He talks about the NRA and their toys
Got an automatic rifle in his pick up truck
He drives me home when he's in no state to walk

My, my, loves his ma and apple pie
Well, well, he's the party's favorite guy
I hope you like it
You know I'm going to take good care of you
I hope you like it
I hope next time you bring your friends with you

I hope you like it
Love it, like it
I hope you like it
Love it, like it

 

[fox69]

"Return"

"Return"



I can hear your voice in the silence
Calling out
I can feel your footsteps behind me
They never die

I can see your light still shining
Through the winter that was lost
All your hopes and dreams in the shadows
You never left, you only went away

I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
When you return

I’ll be there
Always there
I’ll be there
When you...Return

The sense of your spirit
Will always remain
Here with me

Your love brought the mountain
The river and sea
Stays with me

In the dreams that I still have to dream
In the fields that you call home

I will find my way
And shed no tear
You never left
You only went away

I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
When you return

I’ll be there
Always there
I’ll be there
When you...Return

I can hear your voice in the silence
Calling out

I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
When you return

I’ll be there
Always there
I’ll be there
When you...When you return

I’ll be there
When you return

 

[fox69]

"Return Of The Two Headed King"

"Return Of The Two Headed King"



I know the very ground you walk
The colors that you wear
I know the love of which you talk
I know for I am there
Let it rise and fall forevermore

For I have seen my enemy
I look and he was me
And I have fed his family
And he has fought for me
Let it rise and fall forevermore

For it’s a haunted land
Where we’re understood
For it’s a haunted land

That we come home to
Oh guide me through this wilderness
I find two headed king
It’s time and you against we two
And what the time may bring

Let it rise and fall forevermore
It’s a haunted land
Where we’re understood
For it’s a haunted land

That we come home to
For it’s a haunted land
Where we’re understood
For it’s a haunted land
That we come home to