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