I've been havin' some hard travelin'

I thought you knowed

I've been havin' some hard travelin'

Way down the road

I've been havin' some hard travelin'

Hard ramblin'

Hard gamblin'

Been havin' some hard travelin'

Lord

I've been ridin' them fast rattlers

I thought you knowed

I've been ridin' them flat wheelers

Way down the road

I've been ridin' them blind passengers

Dead enders

Kickin' up cinders

I've been havin' some hard travelin'

Lord

I've been hittin' some hard rock minin'

I thought you knowed

I've been leanin' on a pressure drill

Way down the road

Hammer flyin'

Air hole suckin'

Six foot of mud and I shore been a muckin'

And I've been hittin' some hard travelin'

Lord

I've been hittin' some hard harvestin'

I thought you knowed

North dakota to kansas city

Way down the road

Cuttin' that wheat

Stackin' that hay and I'm tryin' make 'bout a dollar a day

And I've been havin' some hard travelin'

Lord

I've been working that pittsburgh steel

I thought you knowed

I've been dumpin' that red hot slag

Way down the road

I've been blasting

I've been a firin'

I've been pourin' red hot iron

And I've been hittin' some hard travelin'

Lord

I've been layin' in a hard rock jail

I thought you knowed

I've been laying out 90 days

Way down the road

D**ned old judge

He said to me

It's 90 days for vagrancy

I've been hittin' some hard travelin'

Lord