Travelin' down a lonely highway I knew not where the road would end

Not a penny in my pocket all alone without a friend

Met a lad while on my travel tryin' hard to play the game

Though his legs were very very crippled and he couldn't even speak his name

But he smiled in understanding though life to him had been so unkind

As I watched I bowed in sorrow oh Lord Thy burdens are greater than mine

I can speak my name aloud make my way among the crowd

Yes Thy burdens are greater than mine



In a little country village I met a lad and he was blind

As I helped him across the highway

I cried oh Lord Thy burdens are much greater than mine

I can see the light of day and I need not feel my way

Yes Thy burdens are greater than mine

Just by chance I passed a graveyard saw a young man kneeling there

In his hands he held some roses on his lips I saw a prayer

On the thomb these words were written' her soul is God's her mem'ry mine

As I watched I cried in sorrow oh Lord I see Thy burdens are greater than mine