The phrase you are looking for is âcross to bear,â which refers to a burden that someone must struggle with or a problem that someone must deal with. In this sense, bear means to carry. âBareâ is used in other phrases like bare oneâs teeth/bare your soul, etc.
 Can't You See  is a song written by Toy Caldwell of The Marshall Tucker Band. The song was originally recorded by the band on their 1973 debut album, The Marshall Tucker Band, and released as the album's first single.It was re-released in 1977 and peaked at number 75 on the Billboard Hot 100. The Zac Brown Band, along with Kid Rock, covered Can't You See on their 2010 live benefit album, Pass the Jar. 2  Black Stone Cherry covered the song on their 2011 album Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. 3  Poison covered the song on their album Poison'd in 2007.
Ewan MacColl wrote The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face in 1957 for his then loverâand later wifeâPeggy Seeger. It is said that he wrote and taught it to her over the telephone when she needed a song for a play she was cast for. June Tabor sang The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face in 1999 on her Topic album. . Damien Barber and Mike Wilson sang The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face in 2011 on their CD. . They commented in their liner notes: From the pen of Ewan MacColl and the singing of Peggy Seeger.