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