David Byrne & Richard Thompson - The Big Country

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  • čas přidán 1. 01. 2010
  • I see the shapes,
    I remember from maps.
    I see the shoreline.
    I see the whitecaps.
    A baseball diamond, nice weather down there.
    I see the school and the houses where the kids are.
    Places to park by the fac'tries and buildings.
    Restaunts and bar for later in the evening.
    Then we come to the farmlands, and the undeveloped areas.
    And I have learned how these things work together.
    I see the parkway that passes through them all.
    And I have learned how to look at these things and I say,
    (CHORUS)
    I wouldn't live there if you paid me.
    I couldn't live like that, no siree!
    I couldn't do the things the way those people do.
    I couldn't live there if you paid me to.
    I guess it's healthy, I guess the air is clean.
    I guess those people have fun with their neighbors and friends.
    Look at that kitchen and all of that food.
    Look at them eat it' guess it tastes real good.
    They grow it in the farmlands
    And they take it to the stores
    They put it in the car trunk
    And they bring it back home
    And I say ...
  • Hudba

Komentáře • 9

  • @kevinyatarola5618
    @kevinyatarola5618 Před 4 lety +6

    Glad I found this - I was at this show (Town Crier, Pawling NY, 3/7/91). I knew they were recording for a documentary, but never saw the footage until now. Thanks!

  • @npspec34
    @npspec34 Před 14 lety +3

    I remember being in a plane flying to Miami for 4th of July in 1983 and thinking of this song as I saw a baseball diamond (down below) and so much else.
    Nothing has changed.

  • @holyworrier
    @holyworrier Před 3 lety +1

    Doin' Doug Sahm. Love it.

  • @johnmckinlay67
    @johnmckinlay67 Před 13 lety

    ... Nice weather down there. ( Miami ) . Thanks for posting . : )

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas Před 5 lety

    pretty funny song

  • @fabrikk60
    @fabrikk60 Před 3 lety

    Was "The Big Country" an opening salvo in our present-day culture wars?

  • @chukcanuk
    @chukcanuk Před 13 lety +1

    choppy ending.

  • @kaylablock1425
    @kaylablock1425 Před 10 měsíci

    Sad the sound is so bad