Big Exit

Track 1 on Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Producers

Oct. 23, 20001 viewer12.6K views

Big Exit Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Look out ahead
See danger come
I want a pistol
I want a gun
I'm scared, baby
I wanna run
This world's crazy
Give me the gun

[Chorus]
Baby, baby, ain't it true?
I'm immortal when I'm with you
But I want a pistol in my hand
I wanna go to a different land

[Verse 2]
I met a man
He told me straight
"You gotta leave
It's getting late"
Too many cops
Too many guns
All trying to do something
No one else has done

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[Chorus]
Baby, baby, ain't it true?
I'm immortal when I'm with you
But I want a pistol in my hand
I wanna go to a different land

[Bridge]
Sometimes it rains so hard
And I feel the hurt
In my heart
Feels like the end of the world
And I see the children
As sharp as knives
And I see the children
Dead-end lives
Beautiful people
Beautiful girls
I just feel like
It's the end of the world

[Verse 3]
I walk on concrete
I walk on sand
But I can't find
A safe place to stand
I'm scared, baby
I wanna run
This world's crazy
Give me the gun

[Chorus]
Baby, baby, ain't it true?
I'm immortal when I'm with you
But I want a pistol in my hand
I wanna go to a different land

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The opener to PJ Harvey’s fifth studio album represents her reaction to the impressive amount of news regarding gun shootings she read during her period in New York. It may also serve as a greater commentary on gun ownership in USA, something a british woman like her is not used to, and the general obsession american people may have with guns, perceived as much-needed means of self-defense.