Big Man

Big Man - Boy & Bear

Well I bit on my lip'

And I kicked at my toes

No I don't need your lecture

'Cause your lecture won't show

That you told me so I told you so

But I would have managed'

I would have been fine

I'd do it myself and I'd do it just my way'

I'm a big man for thinking just so

But somebody told me that your mother was born

Wa-wa-wandering woman with a spirit

So sworn of the riverside

And it never surprised me

But it meant that my love was immobilized

Well' it meant that my love was immobilized

Cause when it comes' it comes when it does

But you came in the middle

And you fell in my hands

Oh a' wonderful woman and an average man

See that makes me the lucky man

I won't be deserving' but I won't be denied

See' I fell in this position'

I will still teach my kids pride

Because failure's a part of it all

And if failure don't hurt

Then failure don't work at all

But somebody told me

That your nephew was born

Oh' a beautiful baby' so smart

And so sure of his little self

And in a wonderful way

He was making me feel so small

Was making me feel so small'

Was making me feel so small

And I don't think I've felt this before

In all the reasons to come' well

They override my body and'

I point to the sun' cause where it's warm

Is where the wilderness grows

And it grows' and it grows

'Til it all becomes nothing

And nothing is left as you know

We walked it for a thousand years' with broken eyes

And salted ears

Complaining 'bout the weather

Like we ever had a choice

Through all the noise and self abuse'

You waited for your fill of truth

Oh I'm terrified I'll achieve nothing at all