Aretha Franklin – The Weight

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-yea-yea

Put the weight on me!

I picked up my bag

I went lookin for a place to hide

When I saw Carmen in the devil

Walkin side by side

I said hey Carmen

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-a you can say

(Ooo-ooo)

It’s just like ol Luke waitin

Waitin on judgement 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-ell yeah

Put the weight on me

(Yeah-yeah-yeah)

Catch me a cannonball

Now take me on down the line

(Yeah)

My bag is sinkin low

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 sent me here with her regards for everyone.

Yeah!

(Take a load off Fannie

Take a load for free

Take a load off Fannie

Take a load for free

FADES-

Take a load off Fannie

Take a load…