I been havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord. 


I been workin' in a hard rock tunnel, 

I thought you know

I been leanin'on a pressure drill, 

Way down the road. 

Hammer flyin', air hose blowin', 

Six feet of mud, I sure been a-goin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord. 


I been havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord.


I been havin' some hard harvestin', 

I thought you know

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 havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord. 


I been hittin' that Lincoln Highway, 

I thought you know

I been 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 havin' some hard travelin', Lord.


I been havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord.


I been workin' that Fittsburgh steel, 

I thought you know

I been workin' that red-hot slag,

Way down the road. 

I been blastin', I been firin', 

I been duckin' red-hot iron, 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord.


I been havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord.


I been havin' some hard travelin', 

I thought you know. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Way down the road. 

I been havin' some hard travelin', 

Hard ramblin', hard gamblin', 

I been havin' some hard travelin', Lord.