| I been doin' some hard travelin'. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', way down the road
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| I been workin' in a hard rock tunnel. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been leanin' on a pressure drill, way down the road
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| Hammer flyin', air hose suckin', six feet of mud, I sure been muckin',
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| I been doin' some hard travelin'. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', way down the road
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| I been workin' the Pittsburg steel. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been workin' that red-hot slag, way down the road
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| I been a-blastin'. |
| I been a-firin'. |
| I been a-duckin' that red-hot fire.
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| I been doin' some hard travelin'. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', way down the road
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| Well, I’ve been hittin' that Lincoln highway. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been hittin' that sixty-six, way down the road
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| Well, a heavy load and a worried mind, I a-lookin' for a woman that is hard to
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| find. |
| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord
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| I been doin' some hard travelin'. |
| I thought you knowed
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', way down the road
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
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| I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord |