Big Country

[fox69]

"Harvest Home"

"Harvest Home"



Who saw the fences falling
Who broke the ploughman’s bread
Who heard the winter calling
Who wore the tailors thread

How many sheaves were counted
How did the carriage shine
How many thoughts were doubted
How did the landlord dine

Just as you sow you shall reap
Just as you sow you shall reap

Who lead the Mayday feasting
Who saw the harvest home
Who left the future wasting
Who watched the families go

See where the bowls are empty
See where the arms reach
See where the butter melted
See where the altars creak

Just as you sow you shall reap
Just as you sow you shall reap
In harvest home

Where were the days of promise
Where were the gifts divine
Where were the heroes honest
Where was the summer wine

Watch how the waves must shatter
Watch how the shore divides
Watch how the nets will tatter
Watch Canute and his bride

Just as you sow you shall reap
Just as you sow you shall reap
In harvest home
In harvest home

 

[fox69]

"Heart And Soul"

"Heart And Soul"



Today, cast out all of the devils you hold
Away, to the time where you youth had been sold
Remove, all the robes worn by sacred ideas
Forget, false accounts of the deeds of brave men

To the dream the fires the furnace
Give all your heart and soul

Teaching, from black books bound up too long ago
Preaching, with a vengeance so bitter and worn
Meeting, in great halls stained with fierce industry
Ashamed, of the secrets the back rooms have held

To the dream the fires the furnace
Give all your heart and soul

Laugh now, while the fire heats the iron so cold
Jest now, over acts that you thought to be bold
Call out, with a courage so false that it shakes
Blindness, brought to bear by the years of neglect

To the dream the fires the furnace
Give all your heart and soul
To the dream the fires the furnace
Give all your heart and soul
To the dream the fires the furnace
Give all your heart and soul

 

[fox69]

"Heart Of The World"

"Heart Of The World"



I believe in strangers, wherever they may be
All the souls who shape the world look pretty strange to me
Never met no president or shook a Gandhi?s hand
But I believe we need a love that they may understand

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you

I believe in heroes, whoever they may be
I never saved no universe or set Mandela free
Never sang with Lennon or played in Jimi?s band
I believe we need a love that they would understand

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you

I believe in strangers, wherever they may be
All the souls who shape the world look pretty strange to me
I believe in anyone, whoever they may be
Who feels the love that I feel and who sees the need I see?

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
I tell you, heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Love of me and you

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you

Heart of the world, heart of the world is black
Without the love, love to bring it back
Heart of the world, heart of the world is blue
Without the love, love of me and you
Heart of the world, heart of the world is black

 

[fox69]

"Hold The Heart"

"Hold The Heart"



The sun beats hard on an empty beach where I tried so hard
But couldn't reach the stars in your eyes
You were just a child when I came to you and we were friends
'Till love stepped in, and you stepped away
I would lie and curse the day
And visit places where we lay alone
And find them turned to stone

Because you hold the heart of someone new
I'll take a chance on time
Hold out here for something true
Standing out of line
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
The way you did before he came, the way you will again

I fell apart and you came to me
I never can explain how much it turned me round
Much more than upside down

Because you hold the heart of someone new
I'll take a chance on time
Hold out here for something true
Standing out of line
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
The way you did before he came, the way you will again

And I love the sun, and I need the rain
And I know the way that you left me was only to test me
And I was vain
And I will be strong
And I will be warm
And I will let no one come near me until you will hear me
Just once again

And time will wear a mountain down
And make a lover of the clown who laughed too long
And colored you wrong

Now I hold the heart of someone new
I'll take a chance on time
Hold out here for something true
Standing out of line

But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
The way you did before he came, the way you will again
But I would wait a hundred years to hear you say my name
The way you did before he came, the way you will again

 

[fox69]

"Home Came The Angels"

"Home Came The Angels"



Home, Home Came The Angels
All that was never alive
Cast out and still welcome
All that was never alive

Home, Home Came The Angels
To the shore and sea where they lie
And still the days fire on
With never ending pace

And we are now no nearer
To the finish of the race
And who will know we won
No one

 

[fox69]

"Home Of The Brave"

"Home Of The Brave"



Through the wasteland
To the edge of the storm
Through the eye of the needle
Bruised, battered, and worn

To kingdom come
From oblivion
To a place of the saints
When all hope fails

There’s no turning back
I’m only going forwards
No time to look around
I got my eyes straight ahead

To kingdom come
From oblivion
To a place of the saints
When all hope fails
To the home of the brave

Riot city blues
Kicking down the statues
Only in heavenly places
Can you be truly free

To kingdom come
From oblivion
To a place of the saints
When all hope fails
To the home of the brave

To kingdom come

Overcome by fear
Turning the tables
The battle lines are drawn
All my defences are wasted

To kingdom come
From oblivion
To a place of the saints
When any hope has failed
To the home of the brave

 

[fox69]

"Hurt"

"Hurt"



No one should be left to walk through life alone
No one should have to carry such a heavy load
No one should be left behind to take the blame
I know that I can’t see you but I can hear you

No one can hurt you now
No one can bring you down
No one can touch you now
Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
No one can hurt you now

No one should be silent in a world of sound
No one should be blinded when the sun comes out
No one should be in prison and put on trial
When all would be forgiven by a higher power

No one can hurt you now
No one can bring you down
No one can hurt you now

All that was taken away
All the hurt ’n all the blame

I can hear you now
No one can hurt you now
(No one) Nobody’s gonna bring you down
No one can hurt, hurt you now
Nobody’s gonna break you down
No one can hurt you now

 

[fox69]

"I Am A Small Republic"

"I Am A Small Republic"



I am
I am

I am a brand new free democracy
The world sends words of hope and good will to me
Newsmen photograph my barricades
Send their finest con men to comment on the big parade

I am the favorite posting of the finest diplomats
And they educate me in the ways of our brother rats
I am the playground of the wealthy
A diamond in a sapphire sea
And they bring me casinos and the Formula 1 Grand Prix

I am a small republic
Aware of where I stand
I am a small republic
And my fate is in your hands

I am
Send me planes of foreign aid
Birth control and Gatorade

I am
Send me teachers, engineers
Buying plastic souvenirs

I am
Send me hustlers by the score
Motel chains that hide the shore

I am
Send me tourists by the ton
Drowned by wine and burned by sun

I am a small republic
And my fate is in your hands

I have my own bent terrorists
Plotting up a basement coup

I have religious fanatics
And a nuclear program too

I am a small republic
Aware of where I stand
I am a small republic
And my fate is in your hands

I am a small republic
Aware of where I stand
I am a small republic
And my fate is in your hands

I am
I am
I am
I am
I am
I am

 

[fox69]

"I Could Be Happy Here"

"I Could Be Happy Here"



If you will take my love
If you will take my stand
If you will be the one
If you will take my hand
If you will never run
I could be happy here

If you could take my pride
If you could take my tears
If you could take my side
If you could take my fears
If you could turn the tide
I could be happy here

I could be happy here
But I see what is done in my homeland
I see what is done in my name
Can you see what is done in your homeland

Tonight we keep our pride
Tonight we dry our tears
Tonight we leave our sides
Tonight we shed our fears
Tonight we turn the tide
And we are happy here
We can be happy here

We can be happy here
But I see what is done in my homeland
I see what is done in my name
Can you see what is done in my homeland

In my homeland
In my name
In my homeland
In my homeland
In my homeland

 

[fox69]

"I Feel Fine"

"I Feel Fine"



I got too much money
I got so much time
I got tired of living
And I’m scared of dying

I never wanted the world
But I wanted the girl

She’s got a car downtown
To drive me around
She fills my time
And I feel fine
No one knows
The state I’m in
She fills my time
And I feel fine

I never wanted the world
But I wanted the girl

She’s got a car downtown
To drive me around
She fills my time
And I feel fine
No one knows
The state I’m in
She fills my time
And I feel fine

I feel fine

She’s got a car downtown
To drive me around
She fills my time
And I feel fine
No one knows
The state I’m in
She fills my time
And I feel fine