the giver of life s tryin to take it away in the desert you always feel half dead trapped in the akhe nettin there s no forgettin where it is we come from just slaving away underneath the cruel old sun just slaving away underneath the cruel old sun she s a tall drink of water upon the palanquin she s outta my league still i can t help thinkin i got me a job i m gonna get er done you get crazy ideas underneath the cruel old sun baby out here it sure is hot and i can t help but notice what you got now that slavedriver man he never gonna understand and the years get swallowed up by the sand the giver of life s gonna blow us away in the dessert you always feel half dead trapped in the akhe nettin there s no forgettin where it is we come from just slaving away underneath the cruel old sun just slaving away underneath the cruel old sun