Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) (Live) (Live)-The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

[ti:Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) (Live)] [ar:The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [al:Back To Back: The Bellamy Brothers & The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) (Live) (Live) - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [00:10.54]Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall [00:15.93]Of a little run down cabin in the woods [00:19.98] [00:21.43]Where my dad never promised [00:23.55]That our blue moon would turn gold [00:26.49] [00:27.18]But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would [00:30.51] [00:32.72]When the world was on our radio [00:34.81]Hard work was on our minds [00:37.65] [00:38.59]We lived our day to day in plain dirt fashion [00:42.25] [00:43.83]With ol' overalls and cotton balls [00:46.44]All strapped across your back [00:48.56] [00:49.20]Man it's hard to make believe [00:51.47]There ain't nothing wrong [00:52.73] [00:55.14]But momma kept the Bible read [00:57.57]And daddy kept our family fed [01:00.39]And somewhere in between [01:01.84] [01:02.36]I must have grown [01:04.14] [01:06.00]Cause someday I was dreamin' [01:08.25]That a song that I was singin' [01:10.97]Takes me down the road to [01:13.22]Where I want to go [01:15.39] [01:17.08]Now I know it's a long hard road [01:21.31] [01:34.12]Sometimes I remember [01:36.13]When I stay up late at night [01:39.60]When the sun up came we got up and went [01:43.32] [01:45.07]In the shadows of a working' day [01:47.90]Our moonlight hours spent [01:50.09] [01:50.67]Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio [01:54.05] [01:56.28]Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop [01:58.43]Road sleepin' in a sack [02:01.05] [02:02.23]Livin' in my memories all in vain [02:05.94] [02:07.23]'Cause those city lights ain't [02:08.94]All that bright compared to what it's like [02:11.96] [02:12.59]To see lightning bugs go dancin' in the rain [02:16.29] [02:18.60]Momma played the guitar then [02:21.00]And daddy made the saw blade bend [02:23.85]And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum [02:27.69] [02:29.51]But I just kept on dreamin' [02:31.71]That a song that I was singin' [02:34.24]Takes me down the road to [02:36.61]Where my name is known [02:38.85] [02:40.12]Now I'm gone and it's a long hard road [02:44.54] [02:45.86]Yes I know it's a long hard road