I've been doin' some hard travelin', I thought you know'd. I've been doin' some hard ramblin', Away down the road. Hard travelin', hard ramblin', Hard drikin', hard gamblin', I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. I've been doin' some hard-rock minin', I thought you know'd. I've been leanin' on a pressure drill, Away down the road. With the hammer flyin' and the air hose suckin', And in six feet of mud I've sure been muckin'. I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. I've been workin' that Pittsburgh steel, I thought you know'd. I've been pourin' that red-hot slag, Way down the road. I've been blastin', I've been firin', I've been pourin' red-hot iron. I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. I've been layin' in a hard-rock jail, I thought you know'd. I've been layin' out ninety days, Way down the road. The darned old judge he said to me, "It's ninety days for vagrancy." And I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. I've been walkin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you know'd. And I've been hittin' that Sixty-Six, Away down the road. Got a heavy load, got a worried mind, And I'm a-lookin' for a woman that's hard to find. I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord. I've been doin' some hard travelin', I've been havin' some hard ramblin', I've been doin' some hard travelin', I've been doin' some hard travelin', Lord.