hard sun

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 

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

there's a big

a big hard sun

beating on the big people

in the big hard world

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 it's still coming down on me

it's a big 

a big hard sun

beating on the big people

in the big hard world.

-eddie vedder

xx

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