Long Hard Road

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

Of a little run down cabin in the woods

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

But he'd lay awake nights a-wishin' that it would

When the world was on our radio, hard work was on our mind

We lived our day to day in plain dirt fashion

With old overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back

Man it's hard to make believe there ain't nothin' wrong

But mama kept the bible readin', daddy kept our family fed

And somewhere in between I must have grown

Someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

Would take me down the road to where I wanna go

And now I know it's a long hard road

Sometimes I remember when I'd stay up late at night

When sunup came, we got up and went

In the shadows of a workin' day our moonlight hours spent

Singin' songs along on grandma's radio

Now I'm beatin' down an old blacktop road, sleepin' in a sack

Livin' up my memories all in vain

'Cause those city lights ain't all

That bright compared to what it's like

To see lightnin' bugs go dancin' in the rain

Mama played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend

And rain drops played the tin roof like a drum

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

Would take me down the road to where my name is known

And now I'm gone, it's a long hard road

Yeah now I know it's a long hard road