Gonna lay my burden down
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Lay my body in the ground
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Cool clay against my skin
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But I don't care at all
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Can't seem to find my piece of mind
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So with the earth I'll lay entwined
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Six feet underground
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My feet are warm and dry
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When I get to the other side
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I'll put your picture way up high
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But I'm not coming back to you
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It's just too far
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If I was cast off on the sea
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Would you come and look for me
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Or would you just let me sink
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Beneath the waves so blue
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What if I had learned to fly
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Fly all night till day drew night
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Touch down upon a branch and
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Scan the crowd for you
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When I touch my feet on the land
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I'll kiss your lips and take you in hand
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But you know I'm not here to stay
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It's just too far
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Darling can't you hear me cry
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My bones are broke
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My tongue is tied
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The moon is swaying back and forth
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Against the navy sky
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Is all that I can see
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My body is trembling on my knees
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Just have a little mercy on me
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Run away and hide
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When I sleep the angels sing
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But I can not hear a thing
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Eyes close
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Dreaming of the better days gone by
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When I wake the trumpets play
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And I'm standing at the gates
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Fall down and joy
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I know my race has just been won
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When I was young my momma'd say
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Well life is hard, but that's OK
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If you can make it through the day
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It's not that far
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No, it's not that far
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Lay My Burden Down
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| Alison Krauss |
