Big Country - Chance Lyrics

"The only son you ever saw were the two he left you with"
I defy anyone to find a better lyric, anywhere!!! Go on then................DARE YA!

God Bless the Scots from an English Cousin....take that as you will.We all know who are real friends are............

34 dislikes, how could anyone hate this lovely song

So proud to came from the same land as this band - Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

AltQuality FM Through the night

Seen Big Country many times met Stuart complete gentleman still can't believe he is gone. Such a brilliant band.

Never get tired of this, sad & beautiful. ❤️

To my princess in a far away land 💏

👫 💏 i want this again with my girl like the good old days but this time it be very different between us hope she feels the same .

Read your skype

That was great! (not)

Intense. Reminds me of a tough breakup some years ago.

loved forever....

This song reminds me of my grandmother. She deserved a better life. She deserved a better man. And I know if she hadn't married him, neither my dad or I would've been born. Doesn't change the fact she deserved better, and I remember her when I hear this.

What a sound superb.Guitar sounds excellent.
Miss there music not played any more.

Enjoy yourself 👌

I remember sciving(missing lessons)school to travel to Dunfermline in the 80's to put our names on Stuart Adamsons close(stairwell) which we did in big black marker pen!! we loved Big country.....

Beautiful and warm.

up then pesky jocks

One of the best & most underrated songs of the 80's

Greatness.

AWESOME !!!!

Still so good 😎😎

My Youth

Remember watching them at Sefton Park....Amazing!

Can anybody tell me if Stuart had a olive green Gibson les paul and was he a Celtic fan? Thanks in advance if you can help

The song is dark enough with knowing the internal demons that where tormenting Stuart. My best friend at the time introduced me to them, along with Stiff Little Fingers and the Alarm. But it's this song song that rips my heart out when I hear it. RIP Stuart you are deeply missed by my generation - those in their fifties.

2019
What a song .
What a singer

My best friends favourite song X Reminds me of you sitting in heaven looking down on us 😔

These a simple minds Scotland finest

Stuart Adamson legend underrated

Started with the Skids.....Next chapter...BC....later on.....you know it all....last chapter....☝....hope so...

Love this tune,such happy times in the 80s,life was stressless and Summers were long and hot.

Brilliant,that guitar intro gives me goosebumps everytime

Fucking briliant 🤔

I am an Englishman who unashamedly thinks this is a top,top,top,class song , thank you stewart, sleep well kind and troubled man

I found this to be one of my favorite tracks.
In the 80's.....

After hearing the live version and then the studio version this one is by far the better. How no person cannot feel slightly emotional is beyond me. I mean wow ! What an incredible song so heartfelt in a strange kind of way. Seems like only yesterday now July 2019 xxxx

wow...how underrated were Big Country?...seriously they were.........this sounds so fresh 36 years later...gosh...anyone got a time machine?.....

Beautiful song

This still racks my emotions, just as it did in 1983. The whole album! I may have tears in my eyes, but that's okay. At least I still have a heart! Love this

Tony Guy you and me both buddy.

This album version sounds so much more pure than the single version with additional intro and vocals.

Not many singers sing with so much emotion just beautiful and yet quite haunting

So many quality singers, bands and musicians from Scotland in the 80s. Amazing.

Classic

Beautiful song...

love the way this builds up to its crescendo. brilliant songwriting

Brilliant

Forgotten how much I loved this song as a kid. Still hits the spot many years later.

My favourite Big Country song. Has everything....Brilliant lyrics, guitar work & an emotionally rousing chorus . Brings tears to the eyes ..what more could you want in a song.

The sounds of 1983, some good music from that year.

Love you til the day i die !

Or is it varm ? ☺

Varsh ☺x

I rember listening to this one in Scotland as a 10-years-old kid.
Now I listen and still feel sad don't know why...

Awsome song i didnt know he died rest in peace

to the h8ers dont give a shit first heard this albumn in icu ward helped me survive , shame no one ever able to pass this on to stuart you gave love i give love to to all your family& bandmates always thankyou :)

This was my dads favorite band as a teenager and he’s passed them on to me now. I’m 14 and have been listening to them my whole life but man this song speaks to me

Can't listen to this without a tear coming to my eye. It reminds me of my dear departed best friend, my cousin Darren. They were his favourite band. He died aged twenty in a car crash and, what really hurts, his funeral was on my twentieth birthday. It's nearly thirty three years now and it still hurts. R.I.P. my friend, gone but never forgotten.

this song literally crush my soul

🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍

Has never sounded better......

This song gives me fond memories of my youth growing up in the 80s was a great era for Scottish bands and groups in the charts Stuart Adamson was a legend with a guitar also great singer Colin Corcoran

The Skids were incredibly good. Like most, that is where I first noticed the wonderful Stuart Adamson.

Beautiful!

What a good track.

Most underrated song from them.

What a Singer , what a songwriter , what a band , what a song of honesty and truth...........what a loss. RIP Stuart.......

What a sound

R.I.P. Stuart

Ran hundreds of miles with a Sony Walkman headphones on me head while training for Boxing in the 80's to this phenomenal album and so many other great songs by this amazing band. Thank you for giving me inspiration to push myself farther than i ever thought I could ever go Stuart.

Stuart Adamson . Bless you x

Excellent song....one of Stuart’s best.

Great band. Great song. Remember the 80's? Ha ha. So good. I hear the tears comment. Hard not to.

Eerie today knowing Stuart would commit suicide. An epic track.Steve Lillywhite putting his stamp on it.

Oh Lord, I never felt so low... Well that's it in a nutshell...

You can not beat this ever

Saw this great band twice in 1986 - at the NEC in Birmingham they actually came on for a second encore and asked the audience what they wanted them to sing - 12,000 people shouted chance - it was the biggest singalong I've ever heard - electrifying!!!!

Wow! That must have been amazing! I've got chills and wasn't even there!

Carrie Gordon ha ha. Me too.

What a moment and memory that must be,i can only ever dream of being at one of there concerts.

I was there. Great night. Excellent band. Fond memories

Beautiful

Quality never fades.

Love the instruments!

One of the greatest bands got a unique style

One of the few songs a Scottish guy can safely cry to...fuckin' tune...the Gods bless you Stuart son, sadly missed...

Brilliant

What an amazing tune always brings a tear to my eye in a happy what tho

The 8 people who gave this thumbs down should hang their heads in shame.

Agreed 100%

what's with you assholes thinking everyone should feel like you?

They are to be pitied. They don't get it, they never will.

I agree, this album, and this song in particular, the definition of MASTERPIECE.

No.. they just have different opinions, simple as that!

Love this song..was 13 when it came out...48 now...still gives me chills

I'm 48 too and love it

Thanks for all the likes and replies...Long live Big Country! And R.I.P. Stuart , never forgotten, love from Canada

@Gord 101 Absolutely. He lives on through his magnificent music. Same age as you, grew up listening to Big Country, and still listening almost 40 years later.

Same here same feeling same age.

I was a few years younger. My brother had the album, but I didn’t discover this song until about 15 years ago when I bought a greatest hits CD. Now it’s my favorite Big Country track.

rip stuart gone but never forgotten x

Haunting song but fantastic!!!

I enjoyed this song when it came out and have it on vinyl in different formats 7" and the 12" extended mix, still enjoy listening to it today, thanks for uploading this classic

35 years old and still amazing thank you Big Country

Stuart Adamson. Missed by so many. RIP.

Used to play this out.

It always went down well.

One of the best pop-classics I know. Pure sentiment!

My favourite band ever...RIP stuart adamson...many happy memories going to see big country.

I don't think this album got the acclaim it deserved, a milestone effort from a most original band fronted by such a talent. R.I.P Stuart Adamson

My favourite debut album by any band, a masterpiece.

What a tune
All time classic
Stuart Adamson Legend Rip
Your music lives on

Big Country and Steve Lillywhite a wonderous combination in 1983 as Liilywhite was with U2,. Marshall Crenshaw and a few others at the time..............

Steve Lillywhite always had a big production hammer. He was good at what he did, but I did not always like his approach. A bit too heavy-handed in my opinion.
Love this sound for Big Country, though.

Always makes me cry... aye, and U2's Edge will attest.... so good, and God Bless U2 and the fighting Irish...Phil (Thin Lizzy - R.I.P.), Gilbert O'Sullivan (classic !) and many others.... !!!

This is good but check out King Of Emotion by the same band.

great band

rip stuart