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'
I've 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 about 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 a dumpin' that red-hot slag, way down the
road
I've been a blasting, I've been a firin', I've been a
pourin' red-hot iron
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord
I've been layin' in a hard-rock jail, I thought you
knowed
I've been a laying out 90 days, way down the road
Damned old judge, he said to me, "It's 90 days for
vagrancy."
And I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord
I've been walking that Lincoln highway, I thought you
knowed,
I've been hittin' that 66, way down the road
Heavy load and a worried mind, lookin' for a woman
that's hard to find,
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord