Big World, Big World

Words and music by Joe Dickinson

 

Those rolling plains, those grassy hills

Those hundred thousand dollar bills

Those ladies and those men who play those games

Those once familiar friends who aren’t the same

 

Well it’s a big world

And my eyes are open wide

And I’m trying to figure out

I’m trying to find…

Serenity and peace which my heart seeks

But the truth is in the eyes of the meek

 

Those skyscrapers, that rusty sink

Those beat-up bars where everybody drinks

Those thoughts and those clouds in the sky

Those teardrops that you feel when those clouds cry

 

Well it’s a big world

And my eyes are open wide

And I’m trying to figure out

I’m trying to find…

Another way to say just how I feel

But the truth is I don’t think that anything is real

 

Those born to dance, those born to sing

Those like me who can’t do anything

Those evil and those good who just don’t care

Those places with those faces in the air

 

Well it’s a big world

And my eyes are open wide

And I’m trying to figure out

I’m trying to find…

A place where I can stay rent-free

But the truth is I don’t think there’s any place for me

 

Those sunlit eyes, that blonde bouquet

Those days that make you feel a certain way

Those walks and those talks that inspire

Those who fall in love with someone they admire

 

Well it’s a big world

And my eyes are open wide

And I’m trying to figure out

I’m trying to find…

A way to carry on, to make it through

But the truth is all I want to do

Is walk and talk and kiss and smile

And lay together for a while

Yeah the truth is all I want to do

Is carry you

Carry you

 

Yeah the truth is all I want to do

Is carry you

Carry you

 

 

 

Copyright 2008 Joe Dickinson

 

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