The Weight — текст песни (Joan Osborne)

Pulled into Nazareth, feeling `bout half past dead
Just need a place where I can lay my head
Hey mister can you tell me where a girl might find a bed?
He just grinned, shook my hand, `no` was all he said

Chorus:
Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
and put the load right on me

I picked up my bag, I went lookin` for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin` side by side
I said, `Hey, Carmen, come on, let`s go downtown`
She said, `I gotta go, but m`friend can stick around`

Chorus

Go down, Miss Moses, there`s nothin` you can say
It`s just ol` Luke, and Luke`s waitin` on the Judgement Day
`Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?`
He said, `Do me a favor, son, woncha stay an` keep Anna Lee company?`

Chorus

Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog
He said, `I will fix your rack, if you`ll take Jack, my dog`
I said, `Wait a minute, Chester, you know I`m a peaceful man`
He said, `That`s okay, boy, won`t you feed him when you can`

Chorus

Catch a cannon ball now, t`take me down the line
My bag is sinkin` low and I do believe it`s time
To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she`s the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone