Oh you've been so long

In the shadows of the big man

How long can you take it

How far can you go

Don't you know how strong

In the shadows of the big man

While he smiles in the sunlight

You can die in the cold



Spend your life, In the shadows of the big man

Sell your wife and children, if it made him smile

How long can you take it, or do you really need it!

Oh standing in the shadws, the shadows of the big man

And you'd love all the world to see

How you break your chains and set yourself free

And all you got to do is walk away

Walk away from the shadows of the big man