Long Hard Road, The Sharecropper's Dream
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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall
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Of a little run-down cabin in the woods
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Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold
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But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would
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When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds
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We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion
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With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back
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Man, it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong
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But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed
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And somewhere in between I must have grown
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Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'
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Takes me down the road to where I want to go
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Now I know, it's a long hard road
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Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night
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When the sun-up came, we got up and went
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In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent
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Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio
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Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack
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Livin' in my memories all in vain
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Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like
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To see Lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain
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Momma played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend
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And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum
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But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'
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Takes me down the road to where my name is known
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Now I'm gone, and its a long hard road
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Yes, I know, Its a long hard road.
