Dave Matthews - Weight of the World - Rare Song

This song debuted in the 1996 Dave and Tim tour, during which it was known as "Weight of the World," as it was referred to by fans based on the lyrics of the first version ever played.

[@haaaaags]

positive ID:
1/25/97, Stanley Theater, Utica, NY

[@allanmeza7024]

This is leave me praying. I’ve never heard of weight of the world.

[@branscombe_]

same chord progression but different lyrics

[@TwoStepin4Life]

like the song... thanks for posting it, this is the first time i have heard this one!! DMB 4 LIFE

[@nyny74d]

Sounds like an early version of DDTW!
Yeah, I love it!

[@nomad2894]

I wish he still played the original songs like this, along with DDTW, but this is great. as well as after her which is now satellite. miss the olddd dave. but love the new dave too.

[@DMB4L1FE]

2 of my favorite songs put into 1. whatt???

[@buffalorapids]

dave later turns it into the song Leave Me Praying and that later became Don't Drink the Water

[@pappy335]

great version with Tim on Lost Acoustics

[@lildrizzle101]

Agreed.

[@TimothyBlaine-vk5sz]

This is from Utica in 1997.

[@jackhammer8439]

Love this song. All the lyrics I’ve found online don’t match this version at all. And I can’t find a clip that contain any of the lyrics found online. So strange.

[@Rawd123]

Cool! Never heard this. It is the exact chords from 'DDTW' Just different words..

[@angel074ck]

awwww its don't drink the water before sont drink the water 😘

[@insanityspeaks74]

Weight of the World morphed into Leave Me Praying, then Don't Drink The Water.

[@MaxKapur]

that and the fact that ddtw has the same exact chord progression

[@tim33ny]

Agreed except if someone were to audibly yell "Thank you!" once in a while I think that would be acceptable.

[@GaelicSookieMaxwellMerrick]

Herats and hugs.....Virginia/Southern Outer Banks

[@jbdmb]

"weight of the world" turned into "leave me praying" which turned into "dont drink the water"

[@deedisdone]

@KnoccAniggaOut60 That's not the date of this recording. Dave played this during D&T shows in the late 90's.

[@dmbsnake]

the strumming is like bartender, but then the singing is like ddtw.
peace

[@twostep03]

sounds like a combination of bartender and don't drink the water. I think this eventually turned into Leave Me Praying, theb DDTW in the BTCS studios

[@i_so_late]

its almost exactly like Dont Drink the Water except for the lyrics

[@haaaaags]

does anyone know the date of this recording?

[@mattb5949]

Prolly ‘97

[@patrickzampetti]

sounds like dont drink the bartender