yeah ha my mama n papa told me son that you re just a fool when i told em i was leaving home i was leaving school yeah yeah so then in a couple of hours i found myself heading down that southbound road with everything i owned on my back i carried such a heavy load yeah and it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel down the line and it s a hard hard road down the line well i wanna tell ya friends that it s good to be a travelling man cause i m doing what i want to living just the best that i can nobody putting rings around my neck to put me in a pigeon hole i ve got my dog and my radio to listen to some rock n roll and it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel down the line and it s a hard hard road down the line yeah nobody gonna put things round my neck or buy me no pigeon hole i ve got my dog and my radio to listen to some rock n roll now listen  and it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel down the line it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel down the line woo it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel it s a hard hard road that i travel down the line and it s a hard hard road down the line yeah get out of here 