too heavy to carry

tar

paper

shanty on an old dirt road

seein' my mother workin' made my blood run cold

people makin' fun

made me wonder and doubt

why the lord chose our family to have to go without

i'd shout out in anger

a child stricken with fears

when my ma couldn't stand it more she'd

dry

away my tears

i look back a women

and it's fresh in my mind

a girl leavin' home tryin' to find

the answer to a question that i ask every day

how can mama cry so softly and still look up and say

the lord never makes a burden too heavy to carry

never puts a challenge where it can't be won

some people have to try just a little bit harder

before their life's work is done

my strength built of rock from what i thought was sand

mother was rewarded 'cause she earned that

promised land

see my reflection eyes of my little song

he spoke words that told me my life's work was done

when he said

lord never makes a burden too heavy too carry

and he never puts a challenge where it can't be won

i said

now

some people have to try just a little bit harder

before their life's work is done

i said

the good lord never makes a burden too heavy to carry

he ain't gonna put a challenge where it can't be won.