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XTC

Big Day

Release date: 27th October 1986

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About This Track

"Big Day" is a track by XTC, from the album Skylarking , released 27th October 1986. Full lyrics are available below.

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XTC

XTC

Lyrics

Big Day

[Intro]

It's your big day, your big day

[Verse 1]

So you want to tie the knot

Tie it tight, don't let it rot

The memory of this day

Are you deafened by the bells?

Could be heaven, could be hell

In a cell for two

[Chorus]

Big day come and big day go

Life goes on after the show

But will your love have the fire and glow

Like on the big day?

[Verse 2]

Statistics, they don't say a lot

But can you keep what you have got

Forever, together?

There's a lesson to be learnt

Many fingers have been burnt

With the touch of gold

[Chorus]

Love can come and love can go

What your chance is, I don't know

But if you have love, then let it show

Like on the big day

(You're a new recruit)

The big day

(In your wedding suit)

[Bridge]

There's a lesson to be learnt

Many fingers have been burnt

With the touch of gold

[Chorus]

Big day come and big day go

What your chance is I don't know

But if you have love then let it show

Like on the big day

[Bridge]

Well, you're looking fine (Big day)

Sign on the dotted line (The big day)

It's your wedding march today

[Outro]

(Big day) You're the new recruit

(Big day) In your wedding suit

(Big day) Yeah, you're looking fine

(Big day) Sign on the dotted line

(Big day) It's your wedding march today

(Big day) Your big day

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Track details

From Skylarking

1986
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Album
Skylarking
Skylarking
XTC
27th October 1986
Release year
1986
  1. —Summer's Cauldron
  2. —Ballet for a Rainy Day
  3. —Dear God
  4. —Sacrificial Bonfire
  5. —1000 Umbrellas
  6. —Mermaid Smiled
  7. —That's Really Super, Supergirl
  8. —Another Satellite
  9. —Dying
  10. —Season Cycle
  11. —The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul
  12. —Big Day
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XTC — Big Day

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