Lyrics Transcribed By:   Amy Ross

Debut February 4, 1999
Official recording(s) (if any): Tin Cans and Car Tires

Try and imagine my life
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine my day
Try and imagine
('magine)
Try and imagine my day
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine my life
Try and imagine

Try and imagine why
Try and imagine my day
Try and imagine
('magine)
Try and imagine my day
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine my life
Try and imagine

Chorus:
    Time to meet your maker
    Look her in the eyes
    Time to meet your mother
    Look her in the eyes
    Time for justification
    Time for big words
    Time for pontification
    Time for big world

Try and imagine my side
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine my love
Try and imagine
('magine)
Try and imagine the lies
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine the time
Try and imagine

(Chorus - "Extrameleon Curioz Jam")

Try and imagine tension
Try and imagine pain
Try and imagine friction
Try and imagine
('magine)
Try and imagine freedom
Try and imagine why
Try and imagine freedom
Try and imagine

(Chorus - "Extrameleon Curioz Jam")

"Big World" is based on the instrumental "Extrameleon Curioz Jam."

Al:

We started working out the music to "Big World" before the '97 fall tour, so you may have heard bits and pieces of it come up in other songs or solos.  The lyrics came on their own much later.  I simply kept singing the song over and over and the lyrics came into their own.  In 1997, I had the good fortune of locating my biological parents for the first time.  The experience deserves more time and space than liner notes can allow for, but suffice it to say that it was surreal, unfathomable, and above all a positive experience for everyone involved.  This song is simply a snapshot of that moment of realization - somewhere between the switch and the light bulb.