I’ve never seen you look like this without a reason
Another promise fallen through
Another season passes by you
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
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
Covered by numerous artists. See ‘Tributes’ page for details.
The version of ‘In A Big Country’, recorded for 2 Meter Sessies 29 August 1995 at NOB Audiostudio1, Hilversum, Netherlands is included in the 2009 3CD compilation, ‘Het Beste Van 2 Meter Sessies 1987-2009’ (3:37)
ƒ 1995-08-29