Big Country

[fox69]

"I Get Hurt"

"I Get Hurt"



Fade to black
And the movie ends
Another night I didn’t spend with you girl
Oh you girl

The diner’s dead
My coffee’s done
I stumbled streets I sailed upon with you girl
Oh you girl

And the night is dark
Cold, hard
You don’t need a farmer to dig dirt

I get hurt…I get hurt…hey, I get hurt
I get hurt…I get hurt… I get hurt

Greasy doorman waved me in
Cold dogs curl and beckoning
For you girl
Oh you girl

The cards are turned and the lady hides
Her salvation is on the slide
Like you girl
Oh you girl

And the night is long
Slow, gone
You don’t need a horse to lose your shirt

I get hurt…I get hurt…hey, I get hurt
I get hurt…I get hurt… I get hurt

First light of the day appears
Truckers crash the morning gears
Like you girl
Oh you girl

Me I’m tired cold and lost
Worn out from the sleep I’ve lost
On you girl
Oh you girl

And the night is gone
Day comes
You don’t need the sun up to be burnt

I get hurt…I get hurt…hey, I get hurt
I get hurt…hey, I get hurt… I get hurt
I get hurt

 

[fox69]

"I Walk The Hill"

"I Walk The Hill"



Stand up, hold my hand
I hope you understand
Here where time is still, I walk the hill

Stand here, close to me
Here for all eternity
I wait as others will, I walk the hill

I held you then, I hold you still
I held you as I always will
You can have my heart to fill as I walk the hill

Stand up, hold my hand
I hope you understand
Here where time is still, I walk the hill

Stand here, close to me
Here for all eternity
I wait as others will, I walk the hill

I'm not strong as I am told
It feels too long since I was bold
But you can lie in sheets of gold if I walk the hill

You touch me and I understand
We only write our names in sand
But I can stand where legend stands if I walk the hill

Stand up, hold my hand
I hope you understand
Here where time is still, I walk the hill

Stand here, close to me
Here for all eternity
I wait as others will, I walk the hill

I'm not strong as I am told
It feels too long since I was bold
But you can lie in sheets of gold if I walk the hill

You touch me and I understand
We only write our names in sand
But I can stand where legend stands if I walk the hill

Stand up, hold my hand
Stand here, close to me
Stand up, hold my hand
Stand here, close to me
Stand up, hold my hand
Stand up, hold my hand

 

[fox69]

"I'm Not Ashamed"

"I'm Not Ashamed"



We all make our plans, we all have our choices
Try on different faces, talk in other voices
I said a lot of things that never let me sleep
Made promises I really meant to keep

I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I took the blame when I could have run
I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I know I stayed when I could have gone
I don’t expect it to be easy for me

We’re tied together by a simple little pledge
Before we know the trust it takes to walk up to that edge
We build a house of cards where the wind has always blown
We build our little garden on a bed of sand and stones
It took to long for me to be who I am
Maybe it’s enough for me to be it when I can

I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I took the blame when I could have run
I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I know I stayed when I could have gone
I don’t expect it to be easy for me

Our little house is where the wind has always blown
Our little garden on a bed of sand and stones
We drift along in quiet waters on the tide
We rise and fall in rhythm almost satisfied

We let ourselves be drawn, let ourselves be used
I only ever wanted to be taken in by you
It took to long for me to be who I am
Maybe it’s enough for me to be it when I can

I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I took the blame when I could have run
I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I know I stayed when I could have gone
I don’t expect it to be easy for me

I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I took the blame when I could have run
I’m not ashamed of the things I’ve done
I know I stayed when I could have gone
I don’t expect it to be easy for me

 

[fox69]

"I'm On This Train"

"I'm On This Train"



There’s a click on Monday morning
Hour starts the whole thing on
The early bird is yawning
Damn, those worms are pretty tough
Even gillies phone in sick
Wish I could make that call
What the hell by two o’clock
I’m climbing up the wall

I’m on this train
Yeah, this train here
Me and and a hundred different guys
Sharing the same fear
I’m on this train
The first train out
And I should be full of hope and pride
But I’m just full of doubt

The newsboy hocks his tales of acrobats and science fairs
Coffee vendors count the beans
And rearrange tomorrow’s chairs
High above the whiskey dive
And swoon like summer birds
Far apart from bartenders
Who neither shake nor stir

Long before her morning
I’ll be gone
Maybe she will think of me
But not the train I’m on
Now all the world’s
A different place to you
We’ll work out all the haircuts
Is important stuff to do

On the street the mailman hates
The front yard dogs replace their teeth
The parcel van delivery man
Already stoned beyond belief

Shakers move and movers shake
They cut you with the pen
Here the devil buys your soul
And he sells it back again

 

[fox69]

"I'm Only Waiting"

"I'm Only Waiting"



It’s a wild night and a new road
Keeps me too long from your door
For we always go slowly
Who never goes sure

You ask which way you should travel
I ask where you want to go
Because the road doesn’t matter
To a place you don’t know

You see it’s not where you started
It’s where you finish that counts
But when you finish it’s over
And you can’t go around

I’m only waiting for a little revelation
I’m only waiting for a sign of a plan
I’m only waiting for a little inspiration
I’m only waiting for a miracle man

I’m only looking for the sacred fountain
The hanging gardens is a place in my heart
I’m only looking for the secret mountain
I’m only waiting for the waters to part

You said let me tell you this boy
You can’t live long and die young
I said don’t give me your advice man
When it’s your money I want

I’m only waiting for a little revelation
I’m only waiting for a sign of a plan
I’m only waiting for a little inspiration
I’m only waiting for a miracle man

I’m only looking for the sacred fountain
The hanging garden is a place in my heart
I’m only looking for the secret mountain
I’m only waiting for the waters to part

I’m only waiting for a little revelation
I’m only waiting for a sign of a plan
I’m only waiting for a little inspiration
I’m only waiting for a miracle man

 

[fox69]

"Ice Cream Smile"

"Ice Cream Smile"



When it comes down to this
You never seemed so lonely
Just like the one with an ice cream smile

When it comes down to this
You’ve never been the only one
Offering up for your ice cream smile

There’s a reason for the high wind tonight
There’s a reason for the rain
There’s a darkness on the island tonight
Like the darkness in my sins
I sit quiet in the calm before the storm

When it comes down to this
You never seemed so lonely
Just like the one with an ice cream smile

When it comes down to this
You’ve never been the only one
Offering up for your ice cream smile

There’s a high tide on the river tonight
Pure white horses on the sea
There’s a landslide in your garden tonight
Muddy waters over me

I was born into this trouble
I was born into this muddle
Now trouble isn’t trouble
When it doesn’t trouble me

There’s a reason for your silence tonight
There’s a reason for my fear
There’s a reason for the violence tonight
There’s a great decision here
I am waiting in the calm before the storm

When it comes down to this
You never seemed so lonely
Just like the one with an ice cream smile

When it comes down to this
You’ve never been the only one
Offering up for your ice cream smile

 

[fox69]

"In A Big Country"

"In A Big Country"



Ha

I've never seen you look like this without a reason
Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you

Shock

I never took the smile away from anybody's face
And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered

Shock, 1, 2

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in a desert
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

In a big country, dreams stay with you
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Stay alive

Ha

Shock

 

[fox69]

"In A Broken Promise Land"

"In A Broken Promise Land"



The past is a foreign country
Two sides tore apart

In the great scheme of tomorrow
What no one really knows
The blood line has diverted
Like a river that overflows

Oh, where there’s temptation
Oh, there is revelation
Oh-oh, across a thousand nations
Is this the rise or is this the fall?

In a broken promise land
Roses and ashes lie
Where your shadow falls

In a broken promise land
It takes an honest man to heed the call

A storm blows up in the desert
A hurricane hits the shore
There’s a thousand stars in the night sky
I wonder, which one could be yours?

Oh, I’m not going backwards
Oh, I’m only facing forwards
Oh-oh, be it left or right
Be it right or wrong
The time has come

In a broken promise land
Roses and ashes lie
Where your shadow falls

I n a broken promise land
All that you had to give
You gave for us all

The past is a foreign country
Two sides tore apart
Tore apart

In a broken promise land

In a broken promise land
Where your shadow lies
Roses and ashes will fall

In a broken promise land
Roses and ashes lie
Where your shadow falls

 

[fox69]

"In This Place"

"In This Place"



All the years I worked in this place
The friends that I knew here, I loved every face
I loved the smoke the heat and the noise
But the profits too small for the black suited boys

Oh angel, it’s coming down stone by stone
It’s breaking up home by home
Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down
In this place I will let you carry me
As I age so my learning grows
I still touch the vision
I still smell the rose in this place

All the years I lived in this place
The people we knew here, I loved every face
I love the parties, the funerals and fights
But a supermarket needs the land
And I have no rights

Oh angel, it’s coming down stone by stone
It’s breaking up home by home
Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down
In this place I will let you carry me
As I age so my learning grows
I still touch the vision
I still smell the rose in this place

All the years I spent in this place
The children I raised here, I love every face
I love this country, the land of my birth
How much am I wanted, how much am I worth

Oh angel, it’s coming down stone by stone
It’s breaking up home by home
Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down
In this place I will let you carry me
As I age so my learning grows
I still touch the vision
I still smell the rose

In this place I will lay my life down
In this place I will let you carry me
As I age so my learning grows
I still touch the vision
I still smell the rose in this place

 

[fox69]

"In Your Homeland"

"In Your Homeland"



You know how I choose to be
The one who writes about the sea
The one who calls a man to be
About the quiet things

And I know I fear it in the street
The night I found the factory
I could let the company
Life will never end

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
Can you see what is done in your name

So I’ll be what I’ll always be and destiny
For every broken life I see
Will open up my heart

They say we have a chance to be
Successful in democracy
Time has said the dice will be
Were loaded from the start

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
Can you see what is done in your name

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
You see what is done in your name

I see what is done in my homeland
I see and it fills me with shame
Can you see what is done in your homeland
If you see does it fill you with shame

I see what is done in my homeland
I’ve seen and I must take the blame
Can you see what is done in your homeland
You’ve seen and you must take the blame