HARD TRAVELIN'

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-workin' in a hard rock tunnel
I thought you knowed
I been a-leanin'on a pressure drill
Way down the road
Hammer flyin', air hose suckin'
Six feet of mud, I sure been a-muckin'
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-workin' that Fittsburgh steel
I thought you knowed
I been a-workin' that red-hot slag
Way down the road
I been a-blastin', I been a-firin'
I been a-duckin' red-hot iron
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been hittin' some hard harvestin'
I thought you knowed
I been hittin' some rough handlin'
Way down the road
Cut that wheat and stack that hay
Tryin' to make about a dollar a day
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-hittin' that Lincoln Highway
I thought you knowed
I been a-hittin' that sixty-six
Way down the road
Heavy load and a worried mind
Lookin' for a woman that's hard to find
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

Written and originally performed by Woodie Guthrie. Played with Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, David Pirner, and Indigo Girls on 29 Sep 1996 in Cleveland, during a tribute to Woodie Guthrie put together by the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame.