Big Country

[fox69]

"Angle Park"

"Angle Park"



The autumn howled around the heads
That hung so slack with lips so red
The blooms had withered leaves were shed
Tongues stuck in jaws sad clowns parade
The crushing whine began its call
And pointed fingers at us

In Angle Park
The lights are dim, the statues grim
In Angle Park
The fountains crack
In Angle Park

The beaten cry behind white dress
The clowns stuck fast upon the mesh
While mothers wring their hands of tears
The spelling books are in arrears
The evil genius hugs his wife
As tiles ring with fear of life
The window fills with beating hearts
Beat on blindly beat it

In Angle Park
The lights are dim, the statues grim
In Angle Park
The fountains crack
In Angle Park

In Angle Park
The lights are dim, the statues grim
In Angle Park
The fountains crack
In Angle Park

 

[fox69]

"Another Country"

"Another Country"



In another country
I lay me down
Beside the waters
I dream aloud

Ha ho ho ho ho ho

I lay me down
Beside the waters
I close my eyes
To dream aloud

The road ahead
Is forever calling
A chance to live
To begin again

In another country
Across the two divides
In another country
I lay down

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
This is another country now

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
Another country born of life

A chance to live
A chance to dream
A chance to be all
You can be

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
This is another country now
So dream aloud

A man stands still
All around is raging
And no need to speak
To make yourself heard

A nation cries out
In the name of freedom
And the human race
Cannot be run alone

In another country
Across the two divides
In another country
I lay down
I lay down
I lay down

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
This is another country now

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
Another country born of life

It has no past
Knows no bounds
Where only the lost
Can now be found

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
This is another country now

So dream aloud

Ha ha ha ho ho ho

Across the two divides

This is another country now

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
Another country born tonight

A chance to live
A chance to breathe
A chance to be all
You can be

Wo ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho
This is another country now

So dream aloud

Dream aloud

Wo ho ho ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho ho ho

Wo ho ho ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho ho ho

Wo ho ho ho ho ho
Wo ho ho ho ho ho

Dream aloud

 

[fox69]

"Balcony"

"Balcony"



Heave lads, an audience awaits
Heave lads, the final scene is set
Heave lads, curtains clear the debt
Waiting in empty halls
Smiling between the walls

This is my finest hour
Now is your last encore

Sweat boys, the lines are flowing fast
Sweat boys, the cue has come at last
Sweat boys, tonight is just the past
Listen the bullet calls

Herald a great man’s fall
This is my finest hour
Now is your last encore

 

[fox69]

"Beat The Devil"

"Beat The Devil"



The seas turning black
The sky turning red
And someone talking in my bed
I know I’ve got to chase the devil tonight

For the time is here
But the way, way is long
And you may smile at the serpent’s song
But I know I’ve got to face the devil tonight

It’ll be alright, it’ll be alright
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight
Hey be my guide, won’t you be my light
I know I’ve got to beat the devil
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight

I need the day
For tonight my blood runs cold
And you don’t know what I was told
But I know I’ve got to face the devil tonight

It’ll be alright, it’ll be alright
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight
Hey be my guide, won’t you be my light
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight

The sea turning black
The sky turning red
And someone lying in my bed
And I know I’ve got to lose the devil tonight

It’ll be alright, it’ll be alright
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight
Hey be my guide, won’t you be my light
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight

It’ll be alright, it’ll be alright
I know I’ve got to beat the devil
I know I’ve got to beat the devil
I know I’ve got to beat the devil tonight

 

[fox69]

"Beautiful People"

"Beautiful People"



If beauty is an ecstasy and anger keeps you poor
A hungry man is never free, a rich man never cured
Things were never what they used to be
Now every crowd has its silver lining, we all got stuff to sell
And you may live your life so bitter, but you remember it so well
Things were never what they used to be

For all the folks who can run the world, drive cabs or cut your hair
And the sun may set without your help, but you’re beautiful people to me
You may fall before you’re pushed, but it’s beautiful people I see
If you only see the stars when it’s dark, that’s enough for me
An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me

It’s all the same in different hats, the proof of the missing link
A nation talking to itself and none of us can think
Things were never what they used to be
For a silent fool may still be wise, there’s no way you can tell

And the captain more scared than his crew is beautiful people to me
The finest government you could buy is beautiful people I see
If you live five to one against it’s good enough for me

Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon, you’re beautiful people to me
If you don’t see the same trees I see, you’re beautiful people to me
Make deserts bloom and oceans die, just beautiful people to me
If you’re lost and dying of civilization, that’s enough for me

If you believe your own blind eye, you’re beautiful people to me
And you may miss what you never had and have what you don’t need
And the sun may set without your help, but you’re beautiful people to me
You may fall before you’re pushed, but it’s beautiful people I see
If you only see the stars when it’s dark, that’s enough for me
An empty soul with a full opinion is beautiful people to me

And the captain more scared than his crew is beautiful people to me
And the finest government you could buy, it’s beautiful people I see
If you live five to one against, it’s good enough for me

Can’t use two steps to cross a canyon, you’re beautiful people to me
If you don’t see the same trees I see, you’re beautiful people to me
Make deserts bloom and oceans die, just beautiful people to me
If you’re lost and dying of civilization, that’s enough for me

 

[fox69]

"Belief In The Small Man"

"Belief In The Small Man"


Just as one life turns from birth
Just as the ring finds its worth
Just as the leaf turns to gold
So you and I will be sold

Sold for the work done
While we could feel young
Sold for the new son
Gold for the pure one

Where does our home lie
Where is our own
Lonely the cold cry
Only unknown

Dark comes the night on the aged
Hard comes the day still unpaid yet
All in a bed still unmade it
Chokes like the tomb and it says it’s

Sold for the work done
While we could feel young
Sold for the new son
Gold for the pure one

Where does our home lie
Where is our own
Lonely the cold cry
Only unknown, unknown, unknown

Sold for the work done
While we could feel young
Sold for the new son
Gold for the pure one

Where does our home lie
Where is our own
Lonely the cold cry
Only unknown [repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Bella"

"Bella"



If we could fly
In the dreaming of dreams
And you came to me
I would welcome you in

But now I'm awake
In the dark on my own
With nothing to read
And it's too late to phone

Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry
Time passes by, and loneliness flies
Someday we'll be together
Though it may be forever
Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry

We talk across waters, we walk in the air
Look for reminders of reasons we care
Fill up our days with meaningless acts
Watching the clock as it tries to turn back

Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry

Time passes by, and loneliness flies
Someday we'll be together
Though it may be forever
Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry

And if the place for us
Is far beyond this earth
I'll wait in peace for you
If I should be there first

Someday we'll be together
Though it may be forever
Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry

Someday we'll be together
Though it may be forever
Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry
Bella don't cry, Bella don't cry

 

[fox69]

"Bianca"

"Bianca"



Don’t walk away because there is no turning back
Don’t yell at me because you think I won’t talk back
I’m like a fighter hero dodging through your flak

Bianca, you’re stupid
You think I’m sent by Cupid
But me I’m still lucid
And I did more than you did

I might give you an ounce before you come apart
I’m in no state to chase you naked in the park
I hate the company you keep out in the dark

Bianca, you’re funny
Because your folks have money
You want it, they buy it
I think your hair’s a riot

Bianca, you’re stupid
You think I came from Cupid
But me I’m still lucid
And I did more than you did

Don’t talk to me because you think I won’t talk back
I’m like a fighter hero dodging through your flak

Bianca, you’re funny
Because your folks have money
You want it, they buy it
I think your hair’s a riot

Bianca, Bianca
Bianca, you’re stupid
You think I came from Cupid
But me I’m still lucid
And I did more than you did

 

[fox69]

"Big City"

"Big City"


Waiting for the postal train
Blazers don’t keep out the rain
Packed your things in an old sports bag
And you left home
Had enough in the two house town
Where the bus ran late
And the club shut down
Took your daddy for the money you need
And you left home

Big City
Here I come
Just like your favourite son
I will have some real big fun
I left home

Pick up your money
Your place to be
Get a little flat
And a job you see
A video set ands color TV
And it’s real big fun

Two whole weeks
You walked the streets
From the penny arcade
To the family meet
Scared of the ugly
People you meet
And you go home

Big City
Here I come
Just like your favourite son
I will have some real big fun
I left home

Big City
Here I come
Just like your favourite son
I will have some real big fun
I left home

Pick up your money
Your place to be
Get a little flat
And a job you see
A video set and color TV
And it’s real big fun

Two whole weeks
You walked the streets
From the penny arcade
To the family meet
Scared of the ugly
People you meet
And you go home

Big City
Here I come
Just like your favourite son
I will have some real big fun
I left home

[Stuart:] Aye. I’ll see you in a couple of weeks.
[Bruce:] Very good.
[Stuart:] Mind and send me your address.
[Bruce:] Aye. You know I will.
[Stuart:] Aye. Do you get Embassy Regal’s doon there?
[Bruce:] Ach, you know I don’t smoke.
[Stuart:] You might even get fixed.
[Bruce:] Oh. I hope so.
[Stuart:] Aye. See yey.
[Bruce:] Cheerio!

 

[fox69]

"Birmingham"

"Birmingham"



Rainman makes his pretty patterns
Up and down the street
I ask about his timing
But he doesn’t like to speak

I get a weather warning in my rental car
I should be out of here but I’m not getting far

I’m stuck with a girl like you down in Birmingham
In the stormy weather
I’m just waiting for the clouds to blow, for the rains to go
Feels like forever

I’m stuck here with a girl like you down in Birmingham
And the storm is a raging
I’m just watching while the clouds explode, staying on the road
While you watch me aging

I didn’t mean to spend a moment in this place
Alabama medicine turns hours into days
Ladies treat you kindly when you’re full of dollar bills
They wash the whiskey from your eyes with consummate skill

I’m stuck with a girl like you down in Birmingham
In the stormy weather
I’m just watching for the clouds to blow, for the rains to go
Feels like forever

I’m stuck here with a girl like you down in Birmingham
And the storm is a raging
I’m just waiting while the clouds explode, staying on the road
While you watch me aging

Thanks for the time that I get, yeah
Thank you for the blues
Thanks for a hole in the sky
The sun comes shining through

I’m stuck with a girl like you down in Birmingham
In the stormy weather
I’m just waiting for the clouds to blow, for the rains to go
Seems like forever

I’m stuck here with a girl like you down in Birmingham
And the storm is a raging
I’m just waiting while the clouds explode, staying on the road
While you watch me aging

Thanks for the time that I get, yeah
Thank you for the blues
Thanks for a hole in the sky
The sun comes shining through