A Long Long Road (blues lyric)
I've been running ...
my whole life through.
Trying to do what a man's got to do.
I've been running,
but it's a long long road.
I've been running …
just to make it on time.
To get there early – to get what's mine.
I've been running
but it's a long long road
My mumma told me stand up tall.
Pick yourself up every time you fall.
Keep both eyes on your journey’s quest.
It's a winner's world –
Ain’t no second best
So I'm running, fast as I can.
Can't slow down got to be the man.
Times I bend underneath the load
got to get myself up
'cause it's a long long road
I had me a job always bent my back
but my woman wanted more
(and ain't that a fact)
working day and night to keep on top
'Cause it's a long long road can't afford to stop
So I'm running
even though I'm beat
I’m working my way up to easy street.
The good Lord knows it's a heavy load
But there ain't no rest
'cause it's a long long road
A Long Long Road
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