Big Country is a new wave/alternative rock band which formed in Dunfermline… Read Full Bio ↴Big Country is a new wave/alternative rock band which formed in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1981. The original band consisted of Stuart Adamson (vocals, guitar), Bruce Watson (guitar, vocals), Tony Butler (bass) and Mark Brzezicki (drums). Adamson was a former member of the Scottish punk band The Skids. The band's music incorporated Scottish folk and martial music styles, and the band engineered their guitar-driven sound to evoke the sound of bagpipes, fiddles, and other traditional folk instruments.
Following Adamson's death in 2001, the band reformed in 2007, with the surviving members. Between 2010 and 2013, the band reformed with Mike Peters of The Alarm on lead vocals. Since then the band has continued with only two of the original members (Watson and Brzezicki).
Big Country's first single was "Harvest Home", recorded and released in 1982. It was a modest success, although it did not reach the UK Singles Chart. Their next single was 1983's "Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was followed by the album The Crossing. The album was a hit in the United States (reaching the Top 20 in the Billboard 200), powered by "In a Big Country", their only US Top 40 single.
Stuart Adamson was found dead in a room at the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on 16 December 2001, having been believed to have died by suicide.
On 24 May 2024 the band announced that singer Tommie Paxton would being "helping them out" for the year. Paxton is guitar player and singer with the Big Country tribute band Restless Natives.
Following Adamson's death in 2001, the band reformed in 2007, with the surviving members. Between 2010 and 2013, the band reformed with Mike Peters of The Alarm on lead vocals. Since then the band has continued with only two of the original members (Watson and Brzezicki).
Big Country's first single was "Harvest Home", recorded and released in 1982. It was a modest success, although it did not reach the UK Singles Chart. Their next single was 1983's "Fields Of Fire (400 Miles)", which reached the UK's Top Ten and was followed by the album The Crossing. The album was a hit in the United States (reaching the Top 20 in the Billboard 200), powered by "In a Big Country", their only US Top 40 single.
Stuart Adamson was found dead in a room at the Best Western Plaza Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii on 16 December 2001, having been believed to have died by suicide.
On 24 May 2024 the band announced that singer Tommie Paxton would being "helping them out" for the year. Paxton is guitar player and singer with the Big Country tribute band Restless Natives.
Over The Border
Big Country Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Over The Border' by these artists:
A Flock of Seagulls I'm tired of living in Asia, I'm tired of walking alone. I'm…
AKKOGORILLA Uh~今日はなにかが違うんだ Job してもなにも手にはつかない 手に負えない オールナイト 追えないのにいつもなら ハ…
Don Hillman's Secret Beach I know a place where Good friends come and go…
Eric Burdon I closed the door on a Hong Kong man He made…
GP & The Episodes A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works…
Graham Parker A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works…
Graham Parker And The Rumour A man smokes and a dog stretches A woman works…
Saint Etienne When I was 10 I wanted to explore the world There…
Skyhooks Well I've spent too long in the deep north, The land…
The Brandos And it's over the border That I'm bound to fly Where my…
ステレオポニー (STEREOPONY) ここは境目や しがらみも ジレンマもない世界 あるのはただ白い地球儀 僕らの想い 考え方ひとつで全て決まる 白い雲のよう…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Big Country:
1000 Stars Now we play our final hand Move in closer, understand This t…
1000 Yard Stare I should have called you, brother I should have been real…
13 Valleys It went so well for you With a place right where…
A Thousand Stars Now we play our final hand Move in closer, understand This t…
After the Flood Shi-ya! I'm waiting on a summer That's never gonna come Sea…
All Fall Together I forget how it started But everyone knew of the cause Hard…
All Go Together A skyhole here, the sun's let in It melts the ice,…
All Of Us Bad weather gathers all along the coast When the storm cloud…
Alone The mid-day sky was grey and purple At least it wasn't…
Angle Park The autumn howled around the heads That hung so slack, with…
Another Country I laid me down besides the water I close my eyes…
Balcony Heave lads, an audience awaits Heave lads, the final scene i…
Beat The Devil The seas turning black The sky turning red And someone talki…
Beautiful People If beauty is an ecstasy and anger keeps you poor A…
Belief In The Small Man ----------------------- Just as one life turns from birth Ju…
Bella If we could fly In the dreaming of dreams And you came…
Big Country I've never seen you look like this without a reason Another…
Big Yellow Taxi They paved paradise, put up a parking lot With a pink…
Blue On A Green Planet One in a million, that's no lie My one in a…
Broken Heart Thirteen valleys; he has wandered for her love For he thinks…
Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys) Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love For he thinks…
Buffalo Skinners Out beyond the river where you and I would ride We…
Chance All the rain came down On a cold new town As he…
Charlotte It wasn't in her diary It wasn't in her stars She didn't…
Chester's Farm Black cars come and black cars go Full of secrets you…
Close Action A score of years this line has run Above the crests…
Come Back to Me The day they had a party Right out in the street Flags…
Comes a Time It's a holy place if you see things that way Then…
Cracked Actor I've come on a few years From my Hollywood highs The best…
Crossing Maps on the back of your hands Point to the cross Scratche…
Devil in the Eye Take a little care When you put your lips To her long…
Dive In To Me I feel the way the wind blows It tells me where…
Don't Fear the Reaper [Written by Blue Oyster Cult] All our times have come Here …
Down on the Corner Early in the evenin', just about supper time Over by the…
Driving to Damascus I was driving to Damascus when a sandstorm rose The road…
Dynamite Lady I'd better be leaving She said then she whispered They're wa…
East Of Eden I feel the way the wind blows It tells me where…
Eastworld I have come from the Eastworld From the concrete and the…
Eiledon The eagle soars above the clouds The deer ran in the…
Eleanor Rigby Ah look at all the lonely people Ah look at all…
Everything I Need You've got everything I want You've got everything I need Ma…
Far From Me to You Somewhere there are orange trees Somewhere skies are blue …
Field of Fire Between a father and a son Between the city and the…
Fields Of Fire (400 Miles) Beween the father and his son Between the city and the…
Flame of the West A stranger came by traveling He went to every door He said…
Fly Like an Eagle It's a wild night and a new road Keeps me too…
Fragile Thing Thank you ma'am for asking Yes I'm on my own I guess…
Freedom Song Subalashii asaga akelu Yoakega yobikakelu Kokorono izumiga…
From Here To Eternity How will I know if it's not like the first…
Girl With Grey Eyes You make me smile with all the feeling That you deal…
God's Great Mistake Not enough answers to too many questions But guns are the…
Grace Your head is a temple, I walk with the lamb…
Harvest Home Who saw the fences falling? Who broke the ploughman's bread?…
Heart Today, cast out all of the devils you hold Away, to…
Heart Of The World I believe in strangers, wherever they may be All the souls…
Hey Hey My My, (Into the Black) Hey there my Doctor what's it like back in the…
Hold The Heart The eagle soared above the clouds The deer run in the…
Home of the Brave Through the wastelands To the edge of the storm Through the …
Honky Tonk Women I met a gin-soaked barroom queen in Memphis She tried to…
Hurt No one should be left to walk through life alone No…
I Could Be Happy Here If you will take my love If you will take my…
I Walk The Hill Stand up, hold my hand I hope you understand Here where ti…
I'm Eighteen Lines form on my face and hands Lines form from my…
I'm Not Ashamed We all make our plans, we all have our choices Try…
I'm on Fire Hey, little baby, is your daddy home? Did he go away…
I'm Only Waiting It's a wild night and a new road Keeps me too…
In a Big Country I've never seen you look like this without a reason Another…
In A Broken Promise Land The past is a foreign country Two sides tore apart In the…
In This Place All the years I spent in this place The friends I…
Into the Fire Floodwaters rising on the flatlands tonight Been here befor…
Inwards I wouldn't want to go home on a night like…
John Wayne's Dream Stand up, hold my hand I hope you understand Here where time…
Just A Shadow It went so well for you With a place right where…
Keep On Dreaming Born too soon for a future Born too poor for love Born…
Killiekrankie Where hae ye been sae braw, my lad? Where hae ye…
King Of Emotion I know where all that time has gone Blown and drifted…
Kiss The Girl Now my heart begins to bleed Dee dee dee dee dee…
Last Ship Sails The tower blocks Looks so beautiful In their own way The ci…
Leap Of Faith What you gonna do When the sun don't shine no more What…
Long Way Home Come on lay your hands on me Feel the will of…
Longest Day I've had enough, give me the strength to carry on Bring…
Look Away This time we run This time we hide This time we draw…
Look Away (live) This time we run this time we hide This time we draw…
Loserville It's a monument valley of concrete On the plain where the…
Lost Patrol We lay the night in anguish, snakes drawn out by…
Message of Love Ex-spy in a square in Berlin Got holes in his knife-tipped…
Never Take Your Place Last night I dreamed I saw you there I dreamed your…
Normal I live in Normal Normal, Illinois It is the kind of place Th…
Not Waving He sits and says he's sick and tired of the…
Oh Well Can't help about the shape I'm in I can't sing, I…
On the Road Again Well, I'm so tired of crying But I'm out on the…
One Great Thing If there's one great thing To happen in my life If there's…
One I Love There were you and me Seems like twenty five years ago This…
One In A Million I believe what I believe And hope that I am not…
Paranoid Finished with my woman 'Cause she couldn't help me with my…
Pass Me By Johnny comes to town With his shoes turned out Saying thin…
Peace In Our Time Who holds the money, who holds the need Who holds the…
Perfect World I searched the globe from A to Z Found a lot…
Pink Marshmallow Moon We could both be something still We could spend our lives…
Porroh Man Night hangs on the city like a blanket on a…
Post Nuclear Talking Blues I don't have the magnetism of a national hero I'm not…
Prairie Rose Texas oh that's where I Belong It seems to me Lonesome star…
Rain Dance If I hold my hand to you Though you never asked…
Red Fox Coming out into the day and all that I can…
Rememberance Day In your fine green ware I will walk with you tonight In…
Remembrance Day In your fine green ware I will walk with you tonight In…
Republican Party Reptile My cousin PJ gets crazy just as much as he…
Restless Natives Alone among the hills and stone Through summer sun and winte…
Return I know the very ground you walk The colors that you…
Return To The Two Headed King I know the very ground you walk The colors that you…
River of Hope High above the forest in an unseen place Where the clouds…
Ruby Tuesday She would never say where she came from Yesterday don't matt…
Sail Into Nothing When I am tired, tired of the fight You come to…
Sailor What would you be if the waves set you free And…
Save Me No turning back No looking around I wasn't searching See wha…
See You Lori says to Billy we've been working for a long…
Selling Of America Gonna take a message to mother Tell her that I'll be…
Send You There's a place where all roads end A place where we…
Seven Waves I don’t think too much, I don’t look inside For the…
Ships Look at him now Another used man Wearing the passing of his…
Somebody Else I walk through the debris of cardboard and clothes Trying to…
Song Of The South When I was young you said to me How I would…
Spirit to me There's only seconds of your life That really count for anyt…
Starred And Crossed Long hard years with the fishing fleet I hear the owner…
Steeltown Here I stand with my own kin At the end of…
Take You to the Moon It's 3 A.M., I'm going home I watch the white lines…
Tall Ships Go I dreamed I heard that you were dead I dreamed I…
Teacher We talked and smoked all through the night You led me…
Teenage Lament What a drag it is These gold lame' jeans Is this the…
The Crossing Maps on the back of your hands Point to the cross Scratches…
The Great Divide Here comes the great divide, I walk the slide That only…
The Hostage Speaks The desert dust was rising From a military convoy As it ra…
The Journey Don't be afraid to make this journey Here with me There's n…
The Longest Day I've had enough, give me the strength to carry on Bring…
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Virgil Caine is the name, and I worked on the…
The One I Love There were you and me Seems like twenty five years ago This…
The President Slipped and Fell They found an alien baby in a Russian wood A man…
The Reaper [Written by Blue Oyster Cult] All our times have come Here …
The Red Fox Coming out into the day and all that I can…
The Sailor What would you be if the waves set you free And…
The Seer Long ago I heard a tale I never will forget The…
The Selling Of America Gonna take a message to mother Tell her that I'll be…
The Storm I came from the hills with a tear in my…
The Teacher We talked and smoked all through the night You led me…
The Tracks of My Tears People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell…
Thirteen Valleys Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love For he thinks…
Thousand Yard Stare I should have called you, brother I should have been real…
Thunder & Lightning Maybe it could be a problem Tall clouds gather over there …
Time For Leaving There's an ill wind on the lowlands A famine in the…
Tracks of My Tears People say I'm the life of the party Because I tell…
Trouble The Waters They took a southern working man and chained him to…
Vicious Vicious You hit me with a flower You do it every hour Ohh…
We're Not In Kansas What did you learn in school today Did you learn to…
What Are We Working For All the rain came down On a cold new town…
When A Drum Beats Is this civilization Is this all we're gonna be A helpless U…
Where The Rose Is Soon We're at war?All the papers say We will win?I read today We…
Wildland in My Heart Cathy came home and no one cared Even her friends were…
Winding Wind I lived a thousand years In someone else's shoes I lived a…
Winter Sky The stories of the world are sung In places that were…
Wonderland If you could feel How I must feel The winds of quiet…
Woodstock I came upon a child of God He was walking along…
World On Fire Feel how the years have passed, rushing like a raging…
You Dreamer Down at the corner store Never busy any more He's in the…
Your Spirit to Me There's only seconds of your life That really count for anyt…
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Jeff
Beautiful song and so incredibly poignant . One of the few albums I don't have, but Big Country has been one of my all time favorites since I saw their video for In a Big Country on Teletunes (PBS videos) back in the 80's when my family didn't yet have cable and MTV. These guys became my staple all the way through college and beyond. Now in my mid-40's their music connects even more with my soul.
The Ultimate Warrior
This song is such a pure expression of what the Germans used to call 'blut und boden' - blood and soil. The attachment to one's homeland goes beyond the mere surface aesthetics or social familiarity. If your ancestors were brought up in that land and you're merely the most recent of a long line of inhabitants, you can never leave your home, no matter how many miles away you try to get. This is such a masterfully put together song.
Stephen Close
Beautiful.
I keep returning to this time and time again.
Tracy Snow
We all have those don't we?
Exxcalibur S
Unforgivable that this track wasn't a main stream release. So much awesome in such little time and space.
Tony Butler
Here's a little secret for you. I play guitar in the chorus's as most of the musical content was from me. I wish we had the chance to take it past demo stage. The lyrics and vocal is simply stunning. TB
Exxcalibur S
Who made those decisons about letting tracks lie silent? Aarrgh <3 though always and forever.
t youngs
Thank you Tony, you folks are still amazing. Your music is timeless.Stuart sounding as emotional as ever and your guitar work, stellar!
Robbie Watson
Tony Butler what are the chords to it? I bought this when it was a b side and would love to learn it. I must have played it a thousand times when I was 15.
Cheers
Robbie
Stephen Close
Just fabulous.
And that's not a word I use lightly.
I truly love this song.