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

[ti:Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream)] [ar:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [al:Fishin' In The Dark: The Best Of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) (漫长艰难之路（佃农之梦）) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [00:00.75]Written by：Crowell Rodney [00:01.35] [00:06.41]Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall [00:10.98] [00:11.75]Of a little rundown cabin in the woods [00:15.63] [00:17.46]Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold [00:22.53] [00:23.27]But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would [00:26.72] [00:28.82]When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds [00:33.83] [00:34.70]We lived our day to day in plain dirt fashion [00:38.85] [00:40.14]With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back [00:45.04] [00:45.56]Man it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong [00:49.42] [00:51.75]But mama kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed [00:57.12]And somewhere in between I must have grown [01:00.68] [01:02.87]'Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin' [01:07.75]Takes me down the road to where I want to go [01:11.88] [01:13.70]Now I know it's a long hard road [01:18.03] [01:31.39]Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night [01:35.96] [01:36.87]When the sun up came we got up and went [01:40.44] [01:42.49]In the shadows of a working day our moonlight hours spent [01:47.32] [01:48.01]Singin' songs along with grandma's radio [01:51.56] [01:53.69]Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack [01:58.63] [02:00.16]Livin' in my memories all in vain [02:03.42] [02:05.13]'Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what it's like [02:09.90] [02:10.74]To see lightning bugs go dancin' in the rain [02:14.22] [02:16.80]Mama played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend [02:21.95]And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum [02:25.92] [02:28.01]But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin' [02:32.89]Takes me down the road to where my name is known [02:37.00] [02:38.76]Now I'm gone and it's a long hard road [02:42.96] [02:44.36]Yes I know it's a long hard road