Heavy Burdens Me Down - Jackie DeShannon

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»

Heavy burdens me down

Heavy burdens me down

Heavy, heavy burdens me down

I don’t know it for pain

On the night of the war mamas gave their young ones, yes, 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»

You see that 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

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

And it burdens me down

You know it burdens me down

It’s so heavy, heavy burdens me down, down, down

Now don’t it burden you down?

Heavy, burdens me down

Can you hear me now?

Don’t it burden you down

When it’s heavy, heavy, when it’s heavy, heavy?

Heavy, burdens me, yeah, you know it burdens me down