Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine

Travelin' down a lonely high-way
 I knew not where the road would end
 Not a penny in my pocket
 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 his burdens are greater than mine.
 I can see the light of day
 I need not feel my way
 Yes, thy burdens are greater than mine.
 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
 Oh! lord his burdens are greater than mine.
 I can speak my name aloud
 Make my way among the crowd
 Yes, his burdens are greater than mine.
 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
 On a stone, these words were written
 'your soul is god's, your mem'ry mine'
 And as I watched, I cried in sorrow
 Oh! lord I see his burdens are greater than mine.