Lyrics to
Heavy Load

This version of Heavy Load was released by Free in 1970.

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Just a young man
By an old road
By the route he choose.

An ancient song
In an old tongue
For this man was sung.

Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road
It’s a heavy load…

By a bright stream
Came an old dream
Things are never what they always seem
And so he went on
Travelling on
Now he’s a long way from home

Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road
It’s a heavy load…

Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road
Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road
Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road
Oh I’m carrying a heavy load
Can’t go no further down this long road

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About Lyrics and Heavy Load by Free

The lyrics to Heavy Load are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Free in 1970. Elements of the lyrics to Heavy Load are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Free and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Heavy Load back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Heavy Load by Free in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Heavy Load" means the words set to the music of Heavy Load, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Free. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Heavy Load and the lyrics to Heavy Load are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Free who came here looking just for the lyrics to Heavy Load, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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