I Could Be Happy Here By Big Country. ------------------------------------- If you will take my love If you will take my stand If you will be
Long ago I beard a tale I never wilt forget The time was in the telling On the bank the scene was set The sky was rolling blindly on The daylight had
Alone among the hills and stone Through summer sun and winter snow The eagle he was lord above And Rob was lord below 240 years We lived without hope
There's a place where all roads end A place where we can meet again If things begin to end I hope that I can make amends Hey kid there's nothing wrong
Look at him now, another used man Wearing the passing of his dignity with all the courage that he can He stood in the storm, carved out in stone He said
By color or by creed So why do some have streets of gold While others only need No, you cannot tell me There is pride in fearing pain A nation born in a country
Here I stand with my own kin At the end of everything Finally the dream has gone I've nothing left to hang upon I came here with all my friends Leaving
They found an alien baby in a Russian wood A man in the delta named Johnny B. Goode A two-headed cow and a fish that walks A vampire lover and a monkey
Maps on the back of your hands point to the cross Scratches on walls in a room draw out your loss Your islands are conquered and you are returned to the
Lori says to Billy we've been working for a long time On this story trying to find a happy ending We looked so long and hard for it Maybe there just isn
Gonna take a message to mother Tell her that I'll be home soon Let her know I'm still undercover Hiding out behind the moon The selling of America Its
Thousand Yard Stare By Big Country. ----------------------------------- I should have called you brother I should have been real close You know
People say I'm the life of the party Cause I tell a joke or two And though I might be laughing Loud and hearty Deep inside I'm blue So take a good look
They took a southern working man and chained him to a car Claimed before the judge we didn't pull him very far Anyway, he looked at us with murder in
I came from the hills with a tear in my eye The winter closed in and the crows filled the sky The houses were burning the flames gold and red The people
What did you learn in school today Did you learn to run when the teachers pray Did they teach you enough to know the state you're in Not enough to get
There was a crooked man and he wore a crooked smile He built a crooked highway and it ran for miles and miles With money from the revenue and sponsorship
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