Big Country

[fox69]

"What Makes A Man"

"What Makes A Man"



There’s a man on the highway
Screaming curses at the road
Holds his hands to the skyline and
He says a man’s not a man
Without a crystal in his hand

What makes the man the man he makes
Is it written on him by his father’s hand?
That makes the man the boy he takes
To believe in all the promises he can
The way he can

There’s a man in a motel
Suitcase samples by the phone
And his bottle is empty
Like it is when you’re alone
He says a man’s not a man
Without a woman of his own

What makes the man the man he makes
Is it written on him by his father’s hand?
What makes the man the boy he takes
To believe in all the promises he can
The way he can

There’s a man on the TV
Taking money down the phone
He says a man’s not a man
Without a God to call his own

There’s a man in a diner
Stirring coffee all night long
You can tell by his anger
He knows how to be alone
He says a man’s not a man
Without a home to call his own

What makes the man the man he makes
Is it written on him by his father’s hand?
What makes the man the boy he takes
To believe in all the promises he can

What makes the man the man he makes
Is it written on him by his father’s hand?
What makes the man the boy he takes
To believe in all the promises he can
The way he can

 

[fox69]

"When The Drum Beats"

"When The Drum Beats"



Is this civilization
Is this all we’re gonna be
A helpless United Nations
A censored BBC

War in the African nations
Hate in the Middle East
Just a mess of frustration
Waiting for release

Oh no!
When they beat a drum it’s too much to swallow
Oh no!
When they beat that drum it just sounds so hollow
I’m not ready to fight, I’m not ready to go

I saw an F-111
Beside a Kremlin guard
And the Magnificent Seven
In the printed word

Is this a public service
Or a civil war
While I sit here nervous
Waiting for a call

Oh no!
When they beat a drum it’s too much to swallow
Oh no!
When they beat that drum it just sounds so hollow
I’m not ready to fight, I’m not ready to go

Let cities crumble, empires waste
And generals find a resting place
For leaders too will be replaced
If fear and fate come face to face

Leave a red sky for night time
Know a mother’s love
Here now for all time
Lose the tyrant’s glove

Give the whole of the life lime
On the reaching palm
Leave us out of the dead line
For tomorrow’s man

Oh no!
When they beat a drum it’s too much to swallow
Oh no!
When they beat that drum it just sounds so hollow
I’m not ready to fight, I’m not ready to go

Oh no!
When they beat a drum it’s too much to swallow
Oh no!
When they beat that drum it just sounds so hollow
I’m not ready to fight, I’m not ready to go

 

[fox69]

"Where The Rose Is Sown"

"Where The Rose Is Sown"



We're at war All the papers say
We will win I read today
We are strong It wasn't us
We are right Who started this?
Leave your work I just left school
Leave your home I am no fool
Take up arms It left me strong
Sound alarms The school bell rings

Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever

Join up here I wave goodbye
We need you Oh my breast sighs
Have no fear I must try
God will be with braver men
Take the vow I know its right
Praise the flag The good fight
We're at war I'm on my way
We will win Why do I pray?

Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever

I wait here in this hole
Playing poker with my soul
I hold the rifle close to me
It lights the way to keep me free
If I die in a combat zone
Box me up and ship me home
If I die and still come home
Lay me where the rose is sown

Sons of men who stand like gods
We give life to feed the cause
And run to ground our heathen foe
Our name will never die
This time will be forever

 

[fox69]

"Wildland In My Heart"

"Wildland In My Heart"



Cathy came home and no one cared
Even her friends were unaware
That’s how it is when they lose track
I always say hey don’t look back

Lassie got loose and made it home
No one had even telephoned
That’s how it is out of the pack
I always say you don’t look back

Sometimes I think of how things were
Right at the start
When she made a wildland in my heart

The seven returned and no one cheered
We don’t think you’re magnificent ’round here
Even if you look great in black
I should have told them don’t look back

Sometimes I think of how they were
Right at the start
When they made a wildland in my heart

I was young, I didn’t care
I would have followed them anywhere
You know I was young, I didn’t care
I would have followed you anywhere

The ranger is finally on his own
Tonto got married and went home
That’s how it is when your first name’s Lone
Keep on the track, hey don’t look back

You know you don’t look back
You don’t look back, I say you don’t look back

Sometimes I think of how things were
Right at the start
When you made a wildland in my heart
You know you don’t look back

Sometimes I think of how things were
Right at the start
When you made a wildland in my heart

You know you don’t look back
You don’t look back, you don’t look back

You know you don’t look back
You don’t look back, you don’t look back

You know you don’t look back
You don’t look back, you don’t look back

 

[fox69]

"Winding Wind"

"Winding Wind"



I lived a thousand years
In someone else’s shoes
I lived a thousand lives
With someone else’s blues

I talked so many nights
With voices I don’t know
Wore someone else’s face
And hoped it didn’t show

Oh winding wind
Oh winding wind

I made a place for you
And you made time for me
And we have promised all the things
We know will never be

I waited far too long
Out on the winding wind
Dreaming and hoping as the world moved on
It would blow away my sins

Oh winding wind
Oh winding wind

Everybody’s got a soul to sell
Everybody’s got a tale to tell
All about the things that might have been
Blown away in the winding wind

And some may change the world
And some just lose their way
And some just sit around holding hands
Praying for a judgment day

I hear them talking deep in the night
Wondering if they will make it tonight
So I will walk with giant men
At peace among their feet
And we will cross the wild frontier
Not ever to retreat

Oh winding wind
Oh winding wind

Everybody’s got a soul to sell
Everybody’s got a tale to tell
All about the things that might have been
Blown away in the winding wind

Everybody’s got a soul to sell
Everybody’s got a tale to tell
All about the things that might have been
Blown away in the winding wind

 

[fox69]

"Winter Fire"

"Winter Fire"



In the corridors of power
No church watches over me
I’m alone but in a crowd
In a world no one can see

Who keeps who
...Safe from harm

Winter fires burn
Winter fires burn (winter fires burn)

In the houses of the holy
Where the weak hold up the strong
Disorder is the order
As the new boss takes a bow

Who keeps who
...Free

Winter fires burn
Winter fires burn (winter fires burn)

One by one, the houses that have stood are all
Breaking up
One by one the winter fires
Are already starting to burn

Winter fire burn
Winter fire burn Burn (winter fires burn)

One by one
One by one
One by one
One by one
One by one
One by one
One by one

 

[fox69]

"Winter Sky"

"Winter Sky"



The stories of the world are sung
In places that were never young
I have counted every one

All the clouds will come to you
So the sun never comes through
And we will hide
From twenty years of winter sky

The faces of the world are hung
In places I was never born
Some will smile while others moan

All the clouds will come to you
So the sun never comes through
And we will hide
From twenty years of winter sky

Pictures of the world are shown
In places I have never known
Who will know who shaped the stone

All the clouds will come to you
So the sun never comes through
And we will hide
From twenty years of winter sky

Still it turns and says to me
In words that come uneasily
Answers are not meant to be

All the clouds will come to you
So the sun never comes through
And we will hide
From twenty years of winter sky

 

[fox69]

"Wonderland"

"Wonderland"



It’s If you could feel how I must feel
The winds of quiet change
If you could see what I must see
Still hidden in the rain
But when the thunder rolls
It comes and covers up my soul

And you will take my hand
And be with me in wonderland
I am an honest man
I need the love of you
I am a working man
I feel the winter too

If you could hear what I must hear
Then nothing would replace
The fifty years of sweat and tears
That never left a trace
But when I look at you
I see you feel the same way too

And you will take my hand
And be with me in wonderland
I am an honest man
I need the love of you
I am a working man
I feel the winter too

You still remember other days
When every head was high
I watched that pride be torn apart
Beneath a darker sky
With innocence within ourselves
We sing the same old song

And you will take my hand
And make believe it’s wonderland
I need the love of you
I am a working man
I feel the winter too
I am an honest man
I need the love of you
I am a working man
I feel the winter too

Wonderland, wonderland, wonderland…

 

[fox69]

"World On Fire"

"World On Fire"



Feel how the years have passed, rushing like a raging sea
Riding on the crest of a breaker, holding on to what could be
Never dreamed I could love a stranger, never doubted the mystery
Now living is pure adventure
’Cause I know, I know you’ll stand by me

Feel how the moods are changing, the nations of every creed
The symphony of every heartbeat, the movement for those in need
If tolerance falls to the wayside, if freedom is down on its knees
I won’t fall far with the sinners
’Cause I know, I know you’ll stand by me

There’s a reason, there’s a cause
We can benefit from playing all our cards together
Through the seasons and up to the stars
We could elevate a consciousness forever

But I’m gonna tell them
I won’t leave it, I won’t tire, I want to keep my sole desire
I wanna run it to the wire, we don’t need another world on fire

Liberate the real tomorrow, leave a chance for the mild and meek
Realize that time is borrowed, look ahead to the gift we seek
When the sea runs wild to the ocean, the river runs true to the sea
I’ll follow this dream with the tide
’Cause I know, I know you’ll stand by me

There’s a reason, there’s a cause
We can benefit from playing all our cards together
Through the seasons and up to the stars
We could elevate a consciousness forever

But I’m gonna tell them
I won’t leave it, I won’t tire, I want to keep my sole desire
I wanna run it to the wire, we don’t need another world on fire

There’s a reason, there’s a cause
We can benefit from playing all our cards together
Through the seasons and up to the stars
We could elevate a consciousness forever
Well I’m gonna tell them

I won’t leave it, I won’t tire, I want to keep my sole desire
I wanna run it to the wire, we don’t need another world on fire
I won’t leave it, I won’t tire, I want to keep my sole desire
I wanna run it to the wire, we don’t need another world on fire
World on fire

 

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"You Dreamer"

"You Dreamer"



Down at the corner store
Never busy any more
He's in the back room talking pie
In there all by himself
Counting bugs up on the shelf
Watching the window fill with flies

Oh you dreamer
Is this the way that you believed your life was gonna turn out?
Oh you dreamer
Is this the better world that you were making all those plans for?

Meanwhile in the great indoors
Pizza boxes on the floor
Prescription junkies pass the day
TV actors screw around
Wrapped in silk and dressing gowns
A grown up drama for a day

Oh you dreamer
Is this the way that you believed your life was gonna turn out?
Oh you dreamer
Is this the better world that you were making all those plans for?

You know there's house on Victory Street
Where no one wipes their feet
A car is rusting in the yard
Mommy scrubs and daddy scores
Keeps his stash beneath the floor
Under the bed of baby blue

I need a guide book
Get me a map
Not even Indiana Jones could deal with that
The tank is empty, a wheel came off
How can someone find me if no one knows I'm lost?
Hey, if no one knows I'm lost

Oh you dreamer
Is this the way that you believed your life was gonna turn out?
Oh you dreamer
Is this the better world that you were making all those plans for?