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[Verse 1]
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My mama 'n' papa told me, "Son, that you're just a fool"
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When I told 'em I was leaving home, I was leaving school, yeah, yeah
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So then in a couple of hours I found myself
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Heading down that southbound road
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With everything I owned on my back
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I carried such a heavy load, yeah

[Chorus]
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And it's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
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And it's a hard, hard road down the line

[Verse 2]
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Well I wanna tell ya friends
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That it's good to be a travelling man
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'Cause I'm doing what I want to
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Living just the best that I can
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Nobody putting rings around my neck
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To put me in a pigeon hole
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I've got my dog and my radio
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To listen to some rock 'n' roll

[Chorus]
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And it's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
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And it's a hard, hard road down the line, yeah

[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
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Nobody gonna put things 'round my neck
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Or buy me no pigeon hole
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I've got my dog and my radio
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To listen to some rock 'n' roll, now listen

[Chorus]
           A5
And it's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line, woo
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel
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It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
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And it's a hard, hard road down the line, yeah
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Get out of here

[Outro]
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