I knew not where the road would end
All a lone without a friend
In a little country village
I met a man and he was blind
As I helped him cross the high- way
Oh! lord I cried thy burdens
Met a lad while on my travels
Tryin' hard to play the game
Though his leg was very crippled
And he could not speak his name
Yet, he smiled in understandin'
Though life to him had been unkind
And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
Just by chance I passed a graveyard
I saw a young man kneelin' there
In his hand, there were some roses
On his lips, there was a prayer
And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
Oh! lord I see his burdens
