Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Weight of the World, artist - Judy Collins. Album song Judy Collins with Friends, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 31.07.2013
Record label: Cleopatra, Wildflower
Song language: English
Weight of the World |
I still see my brother Michael |
Pressed and polished, shaking hands down at the store |
Everyone had come to see the all-star hop the greyhound bus and go to war |
He punched me in the arm to say goodbye |
It was the first time that I saw our father cry |
I kept all my brother’s letters tied in ribbon in a box beneath my bed |
Every night I read by flashlight with the covers in a tent above my head |
His words said «Not to worry, doing fine» |
It was his way of trying to ease my mind |
While I was trying not to read between the lines |
The weight of the world, too heavy to lift |
So much to lose, so much to miss |
It doesn’t seem fair that an innocent boy |
Should have to carry the weight of the world |
Then it was football games and homecoming and |
Picking out our dresses for the prom |
With my brother in some desert dodging bullets when he wasn’t dodging bombs |
While we went from the land of brave and free |
To just being afraid to disagree |
While I was being brought down to my knees by |
The weight of the world, too heavy to lift |
So much to lose, so much to miss |
It doesn’t seem fair that an innocent boy |
Should have to carry the weight of the world |
It was the middle of December when the Army sent my brother home at last |
While the flagpole by the football field flew the colors half-way down the mast |
The wind blew cold and snow was coming down |
Still everybody turned out from our town |
As we laid my brother in that frozen ground |
The weight of the world, too heavy to lift |
So much was lost, so much was missed |
It doesn’t seem fair that any boy or any girl |
Should have to carry the weight of the world |