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 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 Final 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