Heavy Burdens Me Down

[Verse 1]
On the night I was born
Mama gave her soul, Lord, to Jesus, Sweet Jesus
And from her final place she cried
"Son, it's yours to be the man
You go and pull this world together, child
Try and help them understand" (Understand, understand)

[Chorus]
Heavy burdens me down (Heavy burdens me down, heavy)
Heavy burdens me down (Heavy burdens me down, heavy)
Heavy, heavy burdens me down
I don't know if I can

[Verse 2]
On the night of the war
Mamas gave their youngins, just to keep us
And from their final resting place
You know I, I heard them cry
"Oh, God, please send my baby home
Don't You let, don't You let, my young boy die"

[Chorus]
You see that burdens me down (Burdens me down)
Don't You know, don't You know, heavy burdens me down, down, down
It's so heavy, heavy burdens me down
Yeah, You know it burdens me down

[Verse 3]
It's not that I'm ungrateful, God
It's not that I don't care
But the old men lie
And the young ones die
I can't, I can't relieve the spell

[Chorus]
And it burdens me down (Heavy, heavy)
You know it burdens me down
It's so heavy, heavy burdens me down, down, down
Now, don't it burden you down? (Heavy, heavy)
Heavy, burdens me down
Can you hear me now? (Heavy) Don't it burden you down (heavy, heavy)
When it's heavy, heavy, when it's heavy, heavy?
Heavy, burdens me, yeah, you know it burdens me down