Don't Bear Down On Me

We've been sitting at this table

For what seems a thousand years

You've been giving me your story

It's ringin' in myears

Yes I know that Iife is hard

And I know you've paid your ducs

But I'm a stranger to the thought of simply

Livin' with the blues.

Don't bear down on me

I'm a woman, still got some time to go

Don't bear down on me

I'm here to steal the show.

All the loves that you have lost

and all them gains that fell apart

Every slap you felt across your face

You blew it from the start

I can't live the life you do

Cause I'm tough and I am true

It don't take too much intelligence

To figure a way through.

Don't bear down on me ...

So every woman, every man,

It ain't that hard to understand

You can't gratefully receive

If you're no holding out your hand

When that rain is falling down

You just head for higher ground

Ain't no hiding from the road beyond

Just shout your name out loud !