Long Hard Road
By The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band


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Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall
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Of a little run-down 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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    Bm                            G
But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed
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And somewhere in between I must have grown
      Bm                            G
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
      Bm    A                D
Now I know, it's a long hard road

Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night
When the sun-up came, we got up and went
In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent
Singin' songs along with Gramma'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 its like
To see lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain

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