Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine

Travelin' down a lonely highway

I knew not where the road would end

Not a penny in my pocket

All alone without a friend

In a little country village

I met a man and he was blind

As I helped him cross the highway

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 travel

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, I see 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 memory mine'

And as I watched,

I cried in sorrow

Oh Lord, I see his burdens are greater than mine