Thirteen Valleys - Big Country

Thirteen valleys he has wandered for her love

For he thinks he is the one that she dreams of

But her bed was made elsewhere

From the first day she got there

Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out

Now he wanders thirteen valleys crying out

«It could’ve been me

I said it could’ve been me»

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys she has gone since morning came

For she gave so much that only love remained

But her lover is long gone

With the money she sent home

Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out

Now she wanders thirteen valleys crying out

«It could’ve been me

I said it could’ve been me»

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime

That broken heart will dry up love that’s gone before

And you may fight and you may run

But what was past is now undone

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

Thirteen valleys lie in silence in the haze

Filled with promises and spirits that we raised

But the spirits all are ghosts

Of the ones we hurt the most

And they wander thirteen valleys crying out

And they wander thirteen valleys crying out

«It could’ve been me

I said it could’ve been me»

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

It could’ve been me

I said it could’ve been me

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

That broken heart will be forever and a lifetime

That broken heart will dry up love that’s gone before

And you may fight or you may run

But what was past is now undone

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on

A broken heart needs someone new to blame it on