when I walk beside herni am the better mannwhen I look to leave hernI always stagger back againnonce I built an ivory towernso I could worship from abovenand when I climbed down to be set freenshe took me in againnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnwhen she comes to greet menshe is mercy at my feetnwhen I see her pin her charmnshe just throws it back at menonce I sought an early gravento find a better landnshe just smiled and laughed at menand took her blues back againnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnwhen I go to cross that rivernshe is comfort by my sidenwhen I try to understandnshe just opens up her handsnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnonce I stood to lose hernwhen I saw what I had donenbound down and flew away the hoursnof her garden and her sunnso I tried to warn herni'll turn to see her weepn40 days and 40 nightsnand it's still coming down on mennthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard worldnnthere's a bigna big hard sunnbeaten on the big peoplenin the big hard world