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 Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall

 Of a little run-down cabin in the woods

 Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold

 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, it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong

 But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed

 And somewhere in between I must have grown

 Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

 Takes me down the road to where I want to go

 Now I know, it's a long hard road

 Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night

 When the sun-up came, we got up and went

 In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent

 Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio

 Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack

 Livin' in my memories all in vain

 Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like

 To see Lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain

 Momma played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend

 And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum

 But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

 Takes me down the road to where my name is known

 Now I'm gone, and its a long hard road

 Yes, I know, Its a long hard road.

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