| Look down look down that long old lonesome road.
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| Look down look down that long old lonesome road.
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| An' look up to the good Lord jus' before you go.
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| That’s a long, that’s a long, a long old tiresome road.
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| That’s a long, it’s a long, a long old tiresome road.
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| You’ll find troubles and worry that you never found before.
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| Then look back, look back, and see what you leavin' all alone.
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| Then look back, look back, and see what you leavin' all alone.
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| To grieve and worry after the days you gone.
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| Then your days begin dreary, down that long old lonesome road.
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| And your days begin dreary down that long old lonesome road.
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| And you will say, Lord have mercy, how much further I’ve got to go?
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| That’s a long old road, a long road that has no end.
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| That’s a long old road, a lonesome road that has no end.
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| Then the blues will make you think about all your right-hand friends. |