the weight

Lyrics

i pulled into nazareth, i was feelin' 'bout half past dead, just needed to find a place where i could lay my head, 'hey mister can you tell me, where a man might find a bed?', he just grinned and shook my hand, and 'no' was all he said, take a load of annie, take a load for free, take a load of annie, and put the load right on me, i picked up my bags and went lookin' for a place to hide, when i saw ol' carmel and the devil walkin' side by side, i said 'hey carmel c'mon let's go downtown', she said 'i gotta go, but my friend here can stay around', take a load of annie, take a load for free, take a load of annie, and put the load right on me, go down miss moses, there ain't nothin' you can say, it's just ol' luke, luke is waitin' on a judgement day, hey luke my friend what about young anna-lee?, he said 'do me a favour boy, won't you stay and keep anna-lee company?', take a load of annie, take a load for free, take a load of annie, and put the load right on me, crazy chester followed me, and he caught me in the fall, he said 'i'll see you right, if you take on jack my dog', i said 'no, wait a minute chester, no i'm a peaceful man', he said 'that's okay, just feed him when you can', take a load of annie, take a load for free, take a load of annie, and put the load right on me, i'll catch a cannonball now to take me down the line, my bag is sinking low - i don't believe it's time, to get back to miss annie, you know she's the only one, who sent me here will her regards to everyone, take a load of annie, take a load for free, take a load of annie, and put the load right on me