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

[ti:Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) (Live) (Live)] [ar:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [al:Live Two Five] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) (Live) (Live) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [00:06.50]Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall [00:11.08] [00:11.86]Of a little run down cabin in the woods [00:15.48] [00:17.54]Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold [00:22.75] [00:23.42]But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would [00:27.00] [00:29.29]When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds [00:34.28] [00:35.17]We lived our day to day in plain dirt fashion [00:39.39] [00:40.89]With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back [00:45.93] [00:46.57]Man it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong [00:50.30] [00:52.68]But momma kept the bible read and daddy kept our family fed [00:57.95] [00:58.46]And somewhere in between I must have grown [01:01.84] [01:04.48]Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin' [01:09.83]Takes me down the road to where I want to go [01:13.57] [01:15.71]Now I know it's a long hard road [01:19.97] [01:33.69]Sometimes I remember when I stay up late at night [01:38.45] [01:39.33]When the sun up came we got up and went [01:43.45] [01:45.32]In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent [01:50.63] [01:51.20]Singin' songs along with gramma's radio [01:54.19] [01:57.01]Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack [02:02.12] [02:03.64]Livin' in my memories all in vain [02:06.91] [02:08.82]'Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like [02:13.95] [02:14.55]To see lightning bugs go dancin' in the rain [02:18.32] [02:20.81]Momma played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend [02:26.55]And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum [02:30.30] [02:32.55]But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin' [02:37.62]Takes me down the road to where my name is known [02:42.33] [02:43.91]Now I'm gone and its a long hard road [02:48.29] [02:49.13]Yes I know its a long hard road