I’m going down on the Nueces River

Gonna call my brother, ask him to meet me there

On the surface will be two men fishing

Down below we are brothers with a love to share

I’m gonna lay my burdens down now

Gonna ask the Lord to watch them a while

I’m gonna walk where the sun is shining

I’ll be home when I have found a smile

There is a salt cedar tree that I know of

It can take a breeze and make a melody

I’m gonna climb up in those branches

And ask if it would whisper its secrets to me

I’m gonna lay my burdens down now

Gonna ask the Lord to watch them a while

I’m gonna walk where the sun is shining

I’ll be home when I have found a smile

There’ll come a time when the world is level

There was a time when the mountains grew

Then there is all that is here in the middle

And how it’s spent is up to me and up to you

I’m gonna lay my burdens down now

Gonna ask the Lord to watch them a while

I’m gonna walk where the sun is shining

I’ll be home when I have found a smile