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
* there's a big A big hard sun beatin' on the big people in the big hard world
When she comes to greet me She is mercy at my feet
When I see her pin her 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 bruise back again
When I go to cross that river She is comfort by my side
When I try to understand She just opens up her hands
Once I stood to lose her when I saw what I had done
bound down and flew away the hours of her garden and her sun
so I tried to warn her I turned to see her weep
40 days and 40 nights and it's still coming down on me