Hard Sun

Vedder's cover of the song "Hard Sun" (originally written by Gordon Peterson who performed under the name of Indio on the 1989 album, Big Harvest) features backing vocals by Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney.

[Verse 1] When I walk beside her I am the better man When I look to leave her I always stagger back again Once I built an ivory tower So I could worship from above When I climb down to be set free She took me in again [Chorus] There's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world [Verse 2] When she comes to greet me She is mercy at my feet And I, I see her inner charm She just throws it back at me Once I dug an early grave To find a better land She just smiled and laughed at me And took her rules back again [Chorus] There's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world Oh, there's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world [Verse 3] When I go to cross that river She is comfort by my side When I try to understand She just opens up her hands [Breakdown] Ah, ah Ah-Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah Ahhhhhh [Chorus] There's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world [Verse 4] Once I stood to lose her When I saw what I had done Bowed down and threw away the hours Of her garden and her sun So I tried to warn her I turned to see her weep Forty days and forty nights And it's still coming down on me [Chorus] There's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world Oh, there's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world Oh, there's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world Oh, there's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world There's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world Oh, there's a big A big hard sun Beating on the big people In a big hard world (Theres a big) (A big hard sun) (Beating on the big people) (In a big hard world) (Theres a big) (A big hard sun) (Beating on the big people) (In a big hard world)