Hard Travelin

Written by: Woodie Guthrie

Times Played 1
First Played 08-26-2012
Last Played  08-26-2012

Lyrics:

  • 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-hose 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