Iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', i thought you knowed
iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', way down the road
iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', hard ramblinand', hard gamblinand'
iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been ridinand' in fast rattlers, i thought you knowed
iand've been ridinand' in flat wheelers, way down the road
iand've been ridinand' in blind passengers, dead-enders, kickinand' up cinders
iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been hittinand' some hard-rock mininand', i thought you knowed
iand've been leaninand' on a pressure drill, way down the road
hammer flyinand', air-hole suckinand', six foot of mud and i shore been a muckinand'
and iand've been hittinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been hittinand' some hard harvestinand', i thought you knowed
north dakota to kansas city, way down the road
cuttinand' that wheat, stackinand' that hay, and iand'm tryinand' make about a dollar a day
and iand've been havinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been working at pittsburgh steel, i thought you knowed
iand've been a dumpinand' that red-hot slag, way down the road
iand've been a blasting, iand've been a firinand', iand've been a pourinand' red-hot iron
iand've been hittinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been layinand' in a hard-rock jail, i thought you knowed
iand've been a laying out 90 days, way down the road
damned old judge, he said to me, andquot;itand's 90 days for vagrancy.andquot;
and iand've been hittinand' some hard travelinand', lord
Iand've been walking that lincoln highway, i thought you knowed,
iand've been hittinand' that 66, way down the road
heavy load and a worried mind, lookinand' for a woman thatand's hard to find,
iand've been hittinand' some hard travelinand', lord