How very much I have tried my best nto give you the good lifenIn spite of all I’ve triednI must bring you dark times.nnAllow this to be donenand allow us to get by with this.nnChildren,carve out your splintersnlet no man take your life.nI’ll let no harm comenTo my childrennAll young men knownI weep for all.nnIn times of joynWe stood as onenNow is the timenTo go is one.nNo man takes my life from menI lay my life down.nI'm gonna lay down my burdens,down by the riverside.