Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Long Hard Road Sharecropper's, artist - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
Date of issue: 24.03.2016
Song language: English
Long Hard Road Sharecropper's |
Way back in my memory theres a scene that I recall |
Of a little run-down cabin in the woods |
Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold |
But he laid awake nights wishin that it would. |
When the world was on our radio, hard work was on our minds. |
We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion, |
With ol overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back |
Man, its hard to make believe there aint nothing wrong. |
But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed, |
And somewhere in between I must have grown |
Cause someday I was dreamin that a song that I was singin |
Takes me down the road to where I want to go. |
Now I know, its a long hard road |
Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night, |
When the sun-up came, we got up and went |
In the shadows of a working day, our moonlight hours spent |
Singin songs along with grammas radio. |
Now Im beatin down a ol blacktop road, sleepin in a sack, |
Livin in my memories all in vain |
cause those city lights aint all that bright, compared to what its like |
To see lightning bugs go dancin in the rain. |
Momma played the guitar then, and daddy made the saw blade bend, |
And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum. |
But I just kept on dreamin that a song that I was singin |
Takes me down the road to where my name is known. |
Now Im gone, and its a long hard road |
Yes, I know, its a long hard road. |