Oh, if I'd have listened to my mother
I'd have been gone about six months
But instead I listened to my lover
And lay my head down here
If I'd have known love would be so cruel
I'd go back to the start
Where I'd lock my love inside a box
And throw away the key
And if I'm to stay with the birds down here
I'll lay my burden down
Oh Lord, my life is not my own
I'll lay my burden down
At first it was alluring, at first it was pure joy
But it soon became my prison cell
My fight, my living hell
For the one I came to call my own
He strayed before the dawn
He's the one I gave my life to love
The one they call "Dear John"
And if I'm to stay with the birds down here
I'll lay my burden down
Oh Lord, my life is not my own
I'll lay my burden down
I'll lay my burden down
I'll lay my burden down
It was love that took me from my home
And love that keeps me still
Far from the one's I call my own
My blood, my flesh, my bones
I'll hide beneath their heavenly wing
Well, find me on my knees
Where I'll pray, I'll pray to our Lord above
To take my soul on home
There's a fine to stay with the birds down here
I'll lay my burden down
Oh Lord, my life is not my own
I'll lay my burden down
I'll lay my burden down
I'll lay my burden down
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