Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine Lyrics - Porter Wagoner

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