In A Big Country

Come up screaming
Come up screaming

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

Twenty Five Live (2007) 5:36 A solo version featuring Bruce on vocals was played at Bruce Watson’s MySpace page http://www.myspace.com /brucewwatson beginning February 2008 (3:51) Bruce & Jamie Watson: Live at Lathones (2009) 3:47 § The Homecoming (Barrowlands ’83) (2009) 7:16 £ Peace In Our Time (Moscow 1988) (2009) 5:44 Ж Look Away: The Best of (2010) -:-- Bruce & Jamie Watson: Another Concert For The Damned (2010) 4:02 Back In A Big Country (Simfy Live Series) (2010-2011) 6:33, 12:31, 16:11, 6:54 & 6:13 Fields of Fire (The Ultimate Collection) (2011) 3:49 = Dreams Stay With You (London) (2011) 7:03 Dreams Stay With You (Sheffield) (2011) 7:14 Dreams Stay With You (Edinburgh) (2011) 7:15 § 2 for 1 [Through A Big Country] (2011) -:-- = 2 for 1 [The Crossing] (2011) -:-- = The Crossing [30th Anniversary edition] (2012) 4:35 & 4:13 = = The Crossing [Deluxe edition] (2012) 4:43 & 3:43 = = Crossing The Country (2012 Tour USB Series) (2012)     VIDEO Live (Barrowlands New Year’s) (VHS, Beta & LD) (1984) £ In A Big Country (CDV) (1988) 3:52 = Peace In Our Time (Moscow 1988) (VHS & LD) (1989) & DVD (2009) 6:32 Ж Through A Big Country (VHS) (1990) = Without The Aid Of A Safety Net (VHS) (1994) £ Driving To Perth 1999 (VHS) (2001) Peace Concert (Live In East Berlin 1988) (VHS) (2001) ß Das Fest (VHS) (2001) ß Final Fling (VHS & DVD) (2002) 4:49 §				Final Fling (Bonus DVD) (2002) 7:57 ß The Greatest Hits of Big Country and The Skids: The Best of Stuart Adamson (2002) (CD Video) 7:00 ß The Ultimate Collection (VHS & DVD) (2002) 3:45 = Without The Aid Of A Safety Net (DVD) (2003 & 2005) 8:46 £ Classic Big Country (DVD) (2005) 3:44 = Rockpalast (Essen) (DVD) (2005) 5:47 ß Rockpalast (Bonn) (DVD) (2005) 6:29 ß Live In Germany ’95 (DVD) (2005) 7:21 ß The Homecoming (Barrowlands ’83) (2009) 6:29 £ Bruce & Jamie Watson: What Are You Doing In My Living Room (2009) 4:12 § Wonderland/Live at Rockpalast (DVD) (2010) 5:52 ß Dreams Stay With You (Edinburgh) (2011) 7:45 §   Lyrics & Music: Big Country     Variation Notation: =7” version =12” version (Pure Mix) =Album version   “…the lyrical idea was about having hope, a sense of self and dignity in times of trouble.” — Stuart Adamson, Melody Maker interview, March 26, 1990   Also performed by FourGoodMen in concert   Also performed in concert by The Alarm (w/ Bruce Watson)   Also performed by The Raphaels in concert   Also performed by The Casbah Club (v1 & v2) in concert   Covered by numerous artists. See ‘Tributes’ page for details.