Heading down the winter highway
You bear your burden tall
No one comes to take it from you
When your heart begins to fall

As you go your lonely way
You hear the wind begin to say

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Oh, the bitter cold now
It’s in your bones now
Can’t take it back now
You’ll never know how

There be days so full of trouble
Your mind is sinking down
And your nights are full of sorrow
Your cries the only sound

Though you take it all in stride
It’s weary now
You feel inside

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Oh, the bitter cold now
It’s in your bones now
Can’t take it back now
You’ll never know how
Oh, the bitter times now
I see in your eyes now
Long is the road now
Wherever you go now

You await your final rest
And watch the sun fade in the west

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