We carry the weight, the weight of the world It's breaking you down on your back like a boulder Before it's too late! Get rid of it, girl Get it off of your shoulder The weight of the world it's breaking you down On your back like a boulder Before it's too late! Get rid of it, girl Get it off of your shoulder Maybe your daddy never held you like he should Maybe your mama just held on the best she could Every soul has a secret give it away or keep it Yesterday's gone so tell me why You carry the weight, the weight of the world It's breaking you down on your back like a boulder Before it's too late! Get rid of it, girl Get it off of your shoulder I know you've been used But you gotta lose the weight of the world Maybe I haven't always been there just for your Maybe I've tried but then I got my own life too Every heart has a hunger I'm not getting any younger I got all the crosses I can bear I carry the weight, the weight of the world It's breaking me down on my back like a boulder Before it's too late! Get rid of me, girl Get it off of my shoulder You know I've been used And I gotta lose the weight of the world When all comes down to who you crucify? Do you either miss the future or the past goodbye? We can fly so high! But we carry the weight, the weight of the world It's breaking us down on our backs like a boulder Before it's too late! Get rid of it, girl Get it off of my shoulder We've all been used Though we gotta lose The weight of the world It's taking us down and the night's growing colder Just blame it on the things that was yesterday, girl And we just flowing older We've all been abused Now it's time to lose The weight of the world The weight of the world The weight of the world The weight of the world