In a Big Country

I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert
Stay alive
In a big country dreams stay with you
Stay alive

I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
I never seen you look like this without a reason
But I can live and breathe and see the sun in wintertime
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside

But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
Cry out for everything you ever might have wanted
In a big country dreams stay with you
Stay alive
Pull up your head off the floor, come up screaming

So take that look out of here, it doesn't fit you
Another promise fallen through, another season passes by you
In a big country dreams stay with you

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

Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
I thought that pain and truth were things that really mattered
Stay alive

I never took the smile away from anybody's face
But you can't stay here with every single hope you had shattered
Stay alive

Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside
I'm not expecting to grow flowers in the desert
Because it's happened doesn't mean you've been discarded

And that's a desperate way to look for someone who is still a child
In a big country dreams stay with you