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 hole 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 ninety days way down the road damned old judge he said to me it s ninety 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 sixty six 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 lord1