11.

Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine

Pee Wee King - Redd Stewart

© Fort Knox Music, BMI

Travelin' down a lonely highway
I knew not where the road would end
Not a penny in my pocket
All alone without a friend

I met a lad while on my travel tryin' hard to play the game
Though his legs were very very crippled and he couldn't even speak his name
But he smiled in understandin' though life to him had been so unkind
As I watched I bowed in sorrow oh Lord Thy burdens are greater than mine

I can speak my name aloud
Make my way among the crowd
Yes Thy burdens are greater than mine

In a little country village I met a lad and he was blind
As I helped him across the highway
I cried oh Lord Thy burdens are much greater than mine
I can see the light of day and I need not feel my way
Yes Thy burdens are greater than mine

Just by chance I passed a graveyard
Saw a young man kneelin' there
In his hands he held some roses
On his lips I saw a prayer

On the tomb these words were written
Her soul is God's her mem'ry's mine
As I watched I cried in sorrow
Oh Lord I see Thy burdens are greater than mine

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