Burden Of Freedom Lyrics - Ray Price

I stand on the stairway my back to the dungeon 

The doorway to freedom so close to my hand 

While voices behind me still bitterly damn me 

For seeking salvation they don't understand 

Lord help me to shoulder the burden of freedom 

And give me the courage to be what I can 

And when I am wounded by those who condemn me 

Lord help me forgive them they don't understand 

Their lonely frustration descending the laughter 

Erases the footprints I leave in the sand 

Now I'm free to travel where no one can follow 

In search of the kingdom they don't understand 

Lord help me to shoulder the burden of freedom 

And give me the courage to be what I can 

And when I have wounded by those who condemned me 

Lord help me forgive them they don't understand