when i walk beside her i am the better man when i look to leave her i always stagger back again once i built an ivory tower so i could worship from above when i climb down to be set free she took me in again (chorus) there's a big a big hard sun beating on the big people in the big hard world when she comes to greet me she is mercy at my feet i see her inner charm she just throws it back at me once i dug an early grave to find a better land she just smiled and laughed at me and took her rules back again (chorus) once i stood to lose her and i saw what i had done bowed down and threw away the hours of her garden and her sun so i tried to want her i turned to see her weep 40 days and 40 nights and its still coming down on me (chorus)