Автор мелодии: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
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Way back in my memory theres a scene that I recall
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Of a little rundown 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.
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, its hard to make believe there aint nothing wrong
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But Mama 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, its a long hard road
Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night
When the sunup came, we got up and went
In the shadows of a working day, our moonlight hours spent
Singin songs along with Grandmas radio
Now Im beatin down a ol blacktop road, sleepin in a sack,
Livin in my memories all in vain
Cause those city lights aint all that bright, compared to what its
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To see lightning bugs go dancin in the rain
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Mama 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 Im gone, and its a long hard road
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Yes, I know, its a long hard road