heavy heavy load heavier than lead by the sweat of my brow we shall all eat bread under the hot hot burning sun i cannot get no rest until the workday is done but when the work is done oh we re gonna have some fun gonna hit this city like a bullet from a gun heavy heavy load heavier than lead by the sweat of my brow we shall all eat bread oh the workers getting tired hands are getting rough sun is going down now said they ve had enough diamonds and pearls man we don t need that stuff just a break from the toil it would be just enough heavy heavy load heavier than lead by the sweat of my brow we shall all eat bread heavy heavy load heavier than lead by the sweat of my brow we shall all eat bread oh the workers getting tired hands are getting rough and the sun is going down said they ve had enough diamonds and pearls man we don t need that stuff just a break from the toil it would be just enough heavy heavy load heavier than lead by the sweat of my brow we shall all eat bread