as i crawl through your garden you stand and laugh you stand and laugh i tried to beg for your pardon you stand and laugh you stand and laugh it s a long way coming down the ladders in your eye for a wednesday in your garden i think that i would die i tried to stand in your garden but you re too tall you re much too tall you win the hand i throw my cards in you watched me fall you watched me fall it s a long way coming down the ladders in your eye for a wednesday in your garden i think that i would die i tried to fly in your garden but you shot me down mama you shot me down on the ground i watched the sky above me harden and your black gown your long back funeral gown it s a long way coming down the ladders in your eye for a wednesday in your garden i think that i would die