Ain’t it a little bit funny
What you think you need
To climb a hill
And succeed
You bring the kitchen sink
On down the road
When all you really need
Is a lighter load

Ya gotta lighten your load, kid
When ya hit the road
I woulda thunk you’d knowed, kid
Ya gotta lighten your load

Ain’t it a little bit funny
What you think you need
To write a song
And succeed
That kitchen sink
Ain’t no fountain of youth
All you really need
Is the simple truth

Ya gotta lighten your load, kid
When ya hit the road
I woulda thunk you’d knowed, kid
Ya gotta lighten your load
Ain’t it a little bit funny
What we think we need
To live a life
And succeed
We take a little of this
We take a lot of that
When all we really need
Is to give it all back

Ya gotta lighten your load, kid
When ya hit the road
I woulda thunk you’d knowed, kid
Ya gotta lighten your load

We gotta lighten our load, kid
When we hit the road
You would’ve thunk we’d knowed, kid
We gotta lighten our load
We gotta lighten our load
We gotta lighten our load