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- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Long Hard Road (the Sharecropper’s Dream) Lyrics
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- Way back in my memory there's 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, it's hard to make believe there ain't 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, it's 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 gramma's radio.
- Now i'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road, sleepin' in a sack,
- Livin' in my memories all in vain
- 'cause those city lights ain't 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 i'm gone, and its a long hard road
- Yes, i know, its a long hard road.
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