Weight of the World-Judy Collins

[ti:Weight of the World] [ar:Judy Collins] [al:Paradise] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.37]I still see my brother Michael [00:03.55]Pressed and polished shaking hands down at the store [00:09.67] [00:12.34]Everyone bady come to see the all-star hop [00:16.26]The greyhound bus and go to war [00:20.50] [00:24.14]He punched me in the arm to say goodbye [00:29.95]It was the first time that I saw our father cry [00:35.67] [00:38.71]I kept all my brother's letters tied in ribbon in a box [00:44.21]Beneath my bed [00:46.89] [00:50.42]Every night I read by flashlight with [00:53.51]The covers in a tent above my head [00:59.18] [01:02.33]His words said "Not to worry doing fine" [01:07.97] [01:08.81]It was his way of trying to ease my mind [01:13.49] [01:15.02]While I was trying not to read between the lines [01:20.57] [01:21.77]The weight of the world too heavy to lift [01:32.50] [01:34.32]So much to lose so much to miss [01:43.05]It doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy [01:53.97] [01:55.24]Should have to carry the weight of the world [02:05.85] [02:06.97]Then it was football games and homecoming and [02:11.86]Picking out our dresses for the prom [02:17.10] [02:19.50]With my brother in some desert dodging bullets [02:23.82]When he wasn't dodging bombs [02:27.76] [02:31.75]While we went from the land of brave and free [02:37.37] [02:38.24]To just being afraid to disagree [02:43.46]While I was being brought down to my knees [02:50.27] [02:50.91]The weight of the world too heavy to lift [03:00.15] [03:03.31]So much to lose so much to miss [03:11.98]It doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy [03:23.46] [03:24.03]Should have to carry the weight of the world [03:34.29] [03:36.57]It was the middle of December when [03:40.11]The Army sent my brother home at last [03:46.78] [03:48.28]While the flagpole by the football field flew [03:53.95]The colors half-way down the mast [03:58.80] [04:01.71]The wind blew cold and snow was coming down [04:07.35] [04:08.65]Still everybody turned out from our town [04:12.78] [04:13.44]As we laid my brother in that frozen ground [04:19.52] [04:20.55]The weight of the world too heavy to lift [04:30.92] [04:32.89]So much was lost so much was missed [04:42.94]It doesn't seem fair that an innocent boy [04:54.32] [04:54.96]Should have to carry the weight of the world [05:05.66] [05:06.88]Should have to carry the weight of the world