Woman, she's moving to the weight of the world
   Momma, she's carrying the weight of the world
   All the time she breathing in the weight of the world
   Bring it on home
   Bring the soup-bone home
  
   Well, poppa, too, he got the weight of the world
   Man is moving in to the weight of the world
   And all the time, along with the soup he's bringing home
   The weight of the world
  
   Bring it on home
   Bring the soup on home
  
   Children, too, fall to this weight of the world
   All the time they they fall... right there into the weight
   And all the time they're trying to shake
   The weight of the world
  
   Bring it on home
   Bring the soup on home
  
   Everybody's going to the wake of the world
   We're all dressing up fine for the wake of the world
   And everybody's hiding behind trees, breathing loud
   The weight of the world
  
   Bring it on home
   Bring the soup on home