In This Place - Big Country

All the years I worked in this place

The friends I knew here, I loved every face

I loved the smoke, the heat and the noise

But the profits too small for the blacksuited boys

Oh, angel

It’s coming down stone by stone

It’s breaking up home by home

Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down

In this place I will let you carry me

As I age so my learning grows

I still touch the vision, I still smell the rose

In this place

All the years I lived in this place

The people I knew here, I loved every face

I loved the parties, the funerals and fights

The supermarket needs the land, I have no rights

Oh, angel

It’s coming down stone by stone

It’s breaking up home by home

Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down

In this place I will let you carry me

As I age so my learning grows

I still touch the vision, I still smell the rose

In this place

All the years I spent in this place

The children are raised here, I loved every face

I loved this country, the land of my birth

But how much am I wanted, how much am I worth

Oh, angel

It’s coming down stone by stone

It’s breaking up home by home

Take it away, take it away, take it

In this place I will lay my life down

In this place I will let you carry me

As I age so my learning grows

I still touch the vision, I still smell the rose

In this place where I lay my life down

In this place where I let you carry me

As I age so my learning grows

I still touch the vision, I still smell the rose

In this place