Big Country

[fox69]

"Fly Like An Eagle"

"Fly Like An Eagle"



Hey little lady don’t you hear my call
Standing by the shadows in your heels so tall
Hey little lady you were only seventeen
When you left home for the city that you saw in your dreams

Cry little angel wipe the tears from your eyes
Stay a little longer leave the rain outside
Searching for something that something can buy
That you stole all the gold from your mother’s pocket

You said you’re lonely far from home
From the place you knew
For if the truth be told you’re far too old for that sin
Well I can tell by the look in your sweet blue eyes
There’s an angel coming out
Spread your wings and fly

Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
Soar up on into the sky
Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
For I know in your sweet blue eyes

Hey big brother can you spare me a dime
I’ve been out in the cold walking a thin white line
Stealing from the bottle is the road I took
And I sure can’t find a way out of this prison

Staring at the people as they walk on my corner
Watch out for the man in the big black suit
Spare me a dime so I can burn the pain
He said the pain gets stronger as the bottle gets empty

You said you’re lonely far from home
From the place you knew
For if the truth be told you’re far too old for that sin
Well I can tell by the look in your sweet blue eyes
There’s an angel coming out
Spread your wings and fly

Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
Soar up on into the sky
Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
For I know in your sweet blue eyes

Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
Soar up on into the sky
Fly like an eagle spread your wings now
For I know in your sweet blue eyes

 

[fox69]

"Fragile Thing"

"Fragile Thing"



Thank you ma'am for asking
Yes I'm on my own
I guess it's kind of obvious
I'm eating here alone

I'm grateful for the company
Tired of talking to myself
Don't you look into my eyes
You might see someone else

I've been to see a movie
About a man who saved the world
Had the same old happy ending
Where the hero gets the girl

And all I ever wanted
Was to be that hero too
Then I might still be with her
Instead of here with you
Love is a small and fragile thing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you

Thank you for your time ma'am
I'm gonna go and walk
I might as well do that
Because I'm running out of talk

I could walk a thousand miles tonight
And never find my place
At least until it gets too light
To hide my tearful face

Love is a small and fragile thing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you

I spend a lot of cold nights missing you

There's a low ballet on the highway
Brief faces in the light
I catch them for a second
Heading somewhere in the night

And we have no connection
But the darkness and the road
I better find a place tonight
I better call it home

Love is a small and fragile thing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you
Keep it in your hands or let it take wing
I spend a lot of cold nights missing you

I spend a lot of cold nights missing you

 

[fox69]

"Freedom Song"

"Freedom Song"



At night when I lay sleeping
You stole the breath from me
And I dreamed a hundred thousand dreams
And none of them was real

For history will find us
If you bring the world to me
While all we know is all that’s been
And none of what may be

Let them sing a freedom song
If only for a day
Everybody loves a freedom song
For how long

When people rise above themselves
To find that waiting mends
Then all the walls come tumbling down
And things begin to end

Then guide us to the wilderness
My enemy and me
With time and you against me too
The hour draws ever near

Let them sing a freedom song
If only for a day
Everybody loves a freedom song

Let them sing a freedom song
If only for a day
Everybody loves a freedom song
For how long

Let them sing a freedom song
If only for a day
Everybody loves a freedom song

Let them sing a freedom song
If only for a day
Everybody loves a freedom song
For how long

 

[fox69]

"From Here To Eternity"

"From Here To Eternity"



How will I know if it’s not like the first time
How will I know if this is the one
I try and hold you not for the first time
You step away and the past goes on

If I hold out for you will you hold out for me
Hold out from here to eternity
If I wait for you will you come to me
I need you from here to eternity

Times I walk through empty and aimless
Dragging days like a worn out mule
A night so empty it can only be painless
Weak and weary as your favorite fool

If I hold out for you will you hold out for me
Hold out from here to eternity
If I wait for you will you come to me
I need you from here to eternity
I need you from here to eternity
I carry on

I must take comfort in the little you leave me
The ring you stole on the darkest night
The weight of souvenirs that lie to deceive me
The dust of journeys and the scent of life

If I hold out for you will you hold out for me
Hold out from here to eternity
If I wait for you will you come to me
I need you from here to eternity
I need you from here to eternity
I carry on

 

[fox69]

"Girl With Grey Eyes"

"Girl With Grey Eyes"



You make me smile with all the feeling
That you deal in like a gambler
It makes me feel that I'm a winner
Or a sinner and I'm branded
I feel your skin so warm beside me
And I can hide me in your dreaming
You hold me near inside your fear
And I can feel the blood that's running

Just like Josephine, it will not be tonight
Still I have the dream, still I have the sight
Will you and I always be like this, will you and I always have this
I only see those sad grey eyes, I only hear you singing
I am the ticket, you the prize, when begins the winning

It's all we have, the time between us
And no one's been us for a moment
You talk to me just like no other
Like the brother that I never had
I look at you and you will turn and smile
For a little while be happy
I want you with all that loving brings
Like a church bell rings for the morning

Just like Josephine, it will not be tonight
Still I have the dream, still I have the sight
Will you and I always be like this, will you and I always have this
I only see those sad grey eyes, I only hear you singing
I am the ticket, you the prize, when begins the winning

Oh be my woman and I will be your man
Like I know I can if you let me
Just fill my heart and I will fill your soul
Like I know I can if you let me
"Alexandra" will never sound the same
Not a Roman game just a feeling
And I will know the time I heard that name
Will never be the same only better

Just like Josephine, it will not be tonight
Still I have the dream, still I have the sight
I only see those sad grey eyes, I only hear you singing
I am the ticket, you the prize, when begins the winning
I only see those sad grey eyes, I only hear you singing
I am the ticket, you the prize, when begins the winning

 

[fox69]

"God's Great Mistake"

"God's Great Mistake"



Not enough answers to too many questions
But guns are the last things we need
So we better watch the news
For we all have minds to feed

For the latest in monsters, a word from our sponsors
I write to the weather map guy
Who doesn’t have much hair
But he’s got a matching tie

Put the cat out and take off the phone
And leave a light on for the last one home

We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
The problem in the plan
We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
We get home if we can

There’s a police car parked outside a schoolyard
Take home the law in a tin
Are they keeping bad guys out
Are they keeping bad guys in

Put the cat out and take off the phone
And leave a light on for the last one home

We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
The problem in the plan
We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
We get home if we can

I believe that democracy is meant to keep us free
I believe that Jesus Christ is who he’s meant to be
I believe a living Elvis will soon appear on my TV

Put the cat out and take off the phone
Leave a light on for the last one home

We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
The problem in the plan
We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
We get home if we can

We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
The problem in the plan
We’re all a part of God’s great mistake
We get home if we can

 

[fox69]

"Golden Boy Loves Golden Girl"

"Golden Boy Loves Golden Girl"



Better wake him gently, shake his ruined bed
Better not resent him, with his face all red
Who is the one to suffer, who is the one to bleed
We look at one another wondering what we need

And golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
He better forget her, he better forget her

Make sure he’s in comfort, make sure he’s inside
Don’t let him be hungry, tell him he’s alright
Who is the one to mother, who is the one to free
We look at one another wondering what we see

And golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
He better forget her, he better forget her

Golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
He better forget her, you better forget her

Better take him home now, better let him be
We look at one another wondering what we see

And golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
He better forget her, he better forget her

Golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
So we better forget her, you better forget her

Yeah golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
So he better forget her, we better forget her

Yeah golden boy loves golden girl
He dreams of kids in a silver world
But golden girl hates golden boy
So he better forget her, you better forget her

 

[fox69]

"Grace"

"Grace"



Your head is a temple, I walk with the lamb
At your fountain I wash the blood from my hands
I pray deep inside you, where no one can see
Except for the spirit that binds you and me

If there’s a reason that I’m quiet when I’m with you
It’s because I feel at ease
I wouldn’t want to spoil this moment by just talking
When my soul has been released

You bring me grace
You bring me grace

Your heart is an altar , I kneel in disgrace
Awaiting redemption, my sin on my face
When I am weak, I feast on your love
For there’s no one below you and no one above

If there’s a moment that I have to be without you
I know you will wait for me
To take a second and remember that I love you
And that we will always be

You bring me grace
You bring me grace

If I am weak, I will be blessed
If I am tempted, I will confess
Your love is a sacrifice, for I am the blade
By your little death are both of us saved

You bring me grace
You bring me grace
Into the heart of me, to every part of me
You make an art of me

You bring me grace
You bring me grace
Into the heart of me, to every part of me
You make an art of me

 

[fox69]

"Hail & Farewell"

"Hail & Farewell"



Time now
Time to say goodbye
All is forgiven here

Waiting
For the bells to ring
For New Year’s to begin

Hail and farewell
Llife begins again

Hail and farewell
I’m coming home

Let old
Acquaintance be forgot
And never
Brought to mind

Waiting
For the bells to ring
For New Year’s
To begin

Let the bells ring out

Hail and farewell
Llife begins again

Hail and farewell
Wherever you may roam

That’s where I’ll be

Hail and farewell

Wherever you may roam

That’s where I’ll be

 

[fox69]

"Hardly A Mountain"

"Hardly A Mountain"



She still dreams about their time together
Wide awake in the dark morning hours
It was never gonna be forever
Moments fade like a lover’s past

And she rises to get through the morning
Doesn’t dress until the afternoon
What’s the use of it when no one’s calling
She wouldn’t want to come far too soon

No, there’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
No, there is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again

No, there’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
No, there is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again

He likes to say he is too busy to worry
Then it’s with him out on his own
They can’t help that everything is a hurry
He’s in safer hands when he’s alone

But in the quiet of an endless evening
Too much time to think, too much to fill
He still dreams about their time together
We come and go like we always will

And there’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
No, there is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again

No, there’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
There is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again

No, there’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
No, there is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again

There’s hardly a mountain that I would not climb
A sea I would not swim
No, there is not a river that I would not cross
To be with you again