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.