Hard Traveling

Hard Traveling - Woody Guthrie with his Guitar

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

Well 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-hose suckin'

Six foot of mud and I shore been a muckin'

And I've been hittin' some hard travelin'

Lord

Well 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

Well I've been layin' in a hard-rock jail

I thought you knowed

I've been a laying out 90 days

Way down the road

Damned old judge he said to me

"It's 90 days for vagrancy "

And I've been hittin' some hard travelin'

Lord

Well I've been walking that Lincoln highway

I thought you knowed

I've been hittin' that 66

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'

Lord