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

[ti:Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) (Live)] [ar:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band] [al:Nitty Gritty Live - (The Dave Cash Collection)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Long Hard Road (Sharecropper's Dream) (Live) (Live) - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band [00:10.58]Way back in my memory [00:12.72]There's a scene that i recall [00:14.75] [00:15.94]Of a little run-down cabin in the woods [00:19.84] [00:21.40]Where my dad never promised [00:23.88]That our blue moon would turn gold [00:26.52] [00:27.20]But he laid awake nights wishin' [00:29.40]That it would [00:30.45] [00:32.70]When the world was on our radio [00:35.25]Hard work was on our minds [00:37.44] [00:38.46]We lived our day-to-day [00:40.22]In plain dirt fashion [00:42.13] [00:43.77]With ol' overalls and cotton balls [00:46.37]All strapped across your back [00:48.48] [00:49.12]Man it's hard to make believe [00:51.13]There ain't nothing wrong [00:52.50] [00:55.12]But momma kept the bible read [00:57.53]And daddy kept our family fed [01:00.21]And somewhere in between [01:02.43]I must have grown [01:04.31] [01:06.24]Cause someday i was dreamin' [01:08.26]That a song that i was singin' [01:11.26]Takes me down the road [01:12.97]To where i want to go [01:15.15] [01:16.98]Now i know it's a long hard road [01:21.14] [01:34.12]Sometimes i remember [01:36.13]When i stay up late at night [01:38.58] [01:39.55]When the sun-up came [01:40.96]We got up and went [01:42.89] [01:45.02]In the shadows of a working' day [01:47.82]Our moonlight hours spent [01:49.97] [01:50.69]Singin' songs along with gramma's radio [01:53.68] [01:56.21]Now i'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road [01:59.41]Sleepin' in a sack [02:00.97] [02:02.56]Livin' in my memories all in vain [02:05.66] [02:07.20]'Cause those city lights [02:08.43]Ain't all that bright [02:10.09]Compared to what it's like [02:11.93] [02:12.59]To see lightning bugs [02:13.85]Go dancin' in the rain [02:15.98] [02:18.54]Momma played the guitar then [02:20.98]And daddy made the saw blade bend [02:23.73]And raindrops played [02:25.51]The tin roof like a drum [02:27.50] [02:29.55]But i just kept on dreamin' [02:31.76]That a song that i was singin' [02:34.41]Takes me down the road [02:36.22]To where my name is known [02:38.52] [02:40.01]Now i'm gone [02:41.20] [02:42.55]And it's a long hard road [02:44.30] [02:45.70]Yes i know it's a long hard road