Lay My Burden Down-Alison Krauss & Union Station

[ti:Lay My Burden Down] [ar:Alison Krauss] [al:Paper Airplane] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Lay My Burden Down - Alison Krauss & Union Station [00:10.31]Gonna lay my burden down [00:15.44]Gonna lay my body in the ground [00:21.51]Cold clay against my skin [00:25.24]But I don't care at all [00:29.66] [00:30.70]Can't seem to find my piece of mind [00:35.94]So with the earth I'll lay entwined [00:42.00]Six feet underground [00:45.96]My feet are warm and dry [00:49.91] [00:52.53]When I get to the other side [00:54.86]I'll put your picture way up high [00:58.11]But I'm not coming back to you [01:01.43]It's just too far [01:05.25] [01:14.05]If I was cast off on the sea [01:19.18]Would you come and look for me [01:23.61] [01:24.46]Or would you just let me sink [01:29.04]Beneath the waves so blue [01:33.69] [01:34.99]What if I had learned to fly [01:39.97]Fly all night till day drew nigh [01:45.06]Touch down upon a branch and [01:50.01]Scan the crowd for you [01:53.30] [01:56.36]When I touch my feet on the land [01:58.75]I'll kiss your lips and take you in [02:02.93]But you know I'm not here to stay [02:05.28]It's just too far [02:09.22] [02:10.88]Darling can't you hear me cry [02:13.25]My bones are broke [02:14.77]My tongue is tied [02:16.54] [02:17.28]The moon is swaying back and forth [02:19.67]Against the navy sky [02:21.42]Is all I can see [02:23.62]My body is trembling on my knees [02:28.27]Just have a little mercy on me [02:30.42]Run away and hide [02:35.55] [02:38.93]When I sleep the angels sing [02:44.07]But I cannot hear a thing [02:49.99]Eyes close [02:52.46]Dreaming of better days gone by [02:56.78] [02:59.69]When I wake the trumpets play [03:04.74]And I'm standing at the gates [03:10.82]Fall down and joy [03:14.75]I know my race has just been won [03:18.76] [03:21.15]When I was young my momma would say [03:23.53]Well live is hard but that's OK [03:27.58]If you can make it through the day [03:30.14]It's not that far [03:33.56] [03:34.33]No it's not that far