This Burden O
opens the skin and cuts the flesh to the bone
These old
bones
won't heal, even pride can't heal them and save your soul
And them
chains of self-denial
keeps your focus on the soil
The soil you
plow
is gonna plow you under to be your home
How many more
miles you need to see
HAW Ride again! Ride Free!
Your fetters are down
and your blinder's off
HAW Ride again! Ride Free!
Brother
O
resolution, faith were your own, So long gone
We all know
it's only
hope makes you walk along
Walk slow
But straight and so firm to the
beat
Of the whip
You hold since you blindly inherited it
opens the skin and cuts the flesh to the bone
These old
bones
won't heal, even pride can't heal them and save your soul
And them
chains of self-denial
keeps your focus on the soil
The soil you
plow
is gonna plow you under to be your home
How many more
miles you need to see
HAW Ride again! Ride Free!
Your fetters are down
and your blinder's off
HAW Ride again! Ride Free!
Brother
O
resolution, faith were your own, So long gone
We all know
it's only
hope makes you walk along
Walk slow
But straight and so firm to the
beat
Of the whip
You hold since you blindly inherited it