From the recording The Heavenly Zoo
The narrator of this song is an inexhaustible champion for his woman. He digs for diamonds, he dives for pearls, this man’s lovin’ will not be curtailed.
Lyrics
did a little diving
found a pearl
shined it up and I laid it on my girl
the weight of the world will not drag me down
the weight of the world
did a little mining
deep underground
pulled out a diamond
that turned her head around
the weight of the world will not drag me down
the weight of the world
did a little time
in the filth and the grime
scratching the earth
for the slightest sign
while up on a wire
stood a glowing girl
she could lift the entire
weight of the world
the weight of the
the weight of the world
did a little research
the world I found
is going to hell
but I for one am heaven bound and I'll tell you why
the weight of the world will not drag me down
the weight of the world