Long Hard Road

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Way back in my memory there’s a scene that I recall

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Of a little rundown cabin in the woods

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Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold

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But he laid awake nights wishin’ that it would.

When the world was on our radio, hard work was on our minds
We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion
With ol’ overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back
Man, it’s hard to make believe there ain’t nothing wrong

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But Mama kept the Bible read and Daddy kept our family fed

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And somewhere in between I must have grown

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‘Cause someday I was dreamin’ that a song that I was singin’

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Takes me down the road to where I want to go

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Now I know, it’s a long hard road

Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night
When the sunup came, we got up and went
In the shadows of a working’ day, our moonlight hours spent
Singin’ songs along with Grandma’s radio

Now I’m beatin’ down a ol’ blacktop road, sleepin’ in a sack,
Livin’ in my memories all in vain
’Cause those city lights ain’t all that bright, compared to what it’s
like
To see lightning bugs go dancin’ in the rain

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Mama played the guitar then and Daddy made the saw blade bend,

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And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum

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But I just kept on dreamin’ that a song that I was singin’

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Takes me down the road to where my name is known

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Now I’m gone, and it’s a long hard road

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Yes, I know, it’s a long hard road