The Weight - The Band

I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' 'bout half past dead I just need some place where I can lay my head "Hey, mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?" He just grinned and shook my hand, and "No" was all he said Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me Picked up my bag, went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side She said, "I gotta go, but m'friend can stick around" Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me Go down, Miss Moses, there's nothin' you can say It's just old Luke, and Luke's waitin' on the Judgement Day "Well Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee?" Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me Crazy Chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take Jack, my dog" I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, I'm a peaceful man" He said, "That's OK, just feed him when you can" Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me Catch a cannon ball now, to take me down the line My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time To get back to Miss Fanny, you know she's the only one Who sent me here with her regards for everyone Take a load off Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off Fanny And (and) (and) you can put the load right on me

I pulled into Nazareth I was feelin' 'bout a half past dead (Dead) I just need some place Where I can lay my head (Head) Hey mister can you tell me Where a girl might find a bed? (Can ya tell me?) He just grinned and shook my hand And "No" was all he said Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free Take a load off Fannie Then hey-yeah-yeah Put the weight on me I picked up my bag I went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw comin' in the devil Walkin' side by side I said, "They're comin' Come on let's go down town?" She said, "I gotta go But my friend can stick around?" Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free Take a load off Fannie Then hey, an yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah (Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo) Go down Moses There's nothin' that you can say (Ooo-ooo) It's just like all of us waitin' Waitin' for the judgment day (Woo-ooo) Well, Luke my friend What about Annalee? (Doo-ooo-ooo) He said, "Do me a favor? Stay and keep Annalee some company?" Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free Take a load off Fannie Well yeah Put the weight on me (Yeah-yeah-yeah) Catch me a cannonball And that'll take me on down the line (Yeah) My bag is circulin' I believe that it's about time (You said it girl) To get in touch with Fannie You know she's the one (Yeah) Who said, "Mickey Is there a God for every one?" Yeah Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free Take a load off Fannie Take a load for free

I pulled into Nazareth, I was feelin' 'bout half past dead I just need some place where I could lay my head Hey mister, can you tell me where I can find a bed? He just grinned and shook my hand, "no", was all he said Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) I picked up my bag and went lookin' for a place to hide When I saw ol' Carmen and the Devil walkin' side by side And I said, "Hey Carmen, c'mon let's go downtown" She said, "I gotta go, but my friend here can stick around" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Go down, Miss Moses, there ain't nothin' you can say It's just ol' Luke and Luke's waitin' on the Judgment Day Well, Luke, my friend, what about young Anna Lee He said, "Do me a favor now Won't you stay and keep Anna Lee company?" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Why don't you put the load on me? C'mon now Crazy Chester followed me and he caught me in the fog He said, "I will fix your rack, if you'll take ol' Jack, my dog" I said, "Wait a minute, Chester, you know I'm a peaceful man" He said, "That's okay, won't you feed him when you can?" Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Catch a cannon ball now to take me down the line My bag is sinkin' low, I do believe it's time To get back to Miss Fanny, oh, you know she's the only one Who sent me here with her regards for everyone Take a load off, Fanny Take a load for free Take a load off, Fanny And (and) (and), and put the load right on me (Put the load right on me) Put the load on me (put the load on me) C'mon now Put the load on me (put the load on me) It's all right Put the load on me right now (put the load on me) Why don't you', why don't you- Why don't you put the load on me? (Put the load on me) Put the load on me, yeah Put the load on me (put the load on me)