If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy Gonna bring you to the ground Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down (Ooh, yeah) (Yeah, yeah) Yeah (Ooh) It's a heavy weight Oh, yeah It's a heavy weight On a rainy day We've bankrupted our spirits from all the bills we have to pay I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now) What you say when the pressure gonna come around? My mama told me, "Baby" "You've gotta lay your burdens down" Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Gonna bring you to the ground Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down From the sharpest fangs A good heart can harden We've paralyzed compassion, we need to cast snakes from the garden I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now) What you say when the pressure's gonna come around? (Alright) My mama told me, "Baby" "You've gotta lay your burdens down" Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Gonna bring you to the ground Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down (Oh, yeah) Ooh, ooh Ooh, yeah Ooh, ooh, yeah (Yeah) Ooh, yeah Ooh, ooh Ooh, yeah Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy (Ooh, ooh, ooh) Gonna bring you to the ground Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down) Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down) Lay your burdens down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down (Aw, hey) In the morning (In the morning) In the evening (In the evening) Lay 'em down, down, down, down Lay your burdens down