Bruce Springsteen lyrics -- Bruce Springsteen shows -- Bruce Springsteen records

Song title: Hard travelin'

(Woodie Guthrie) by Woodie Guthrie

Hard travelin'

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-workin' in a hard rock tunnel
I thought you knowed
I been a-leanin'on a pressure drill
Way down the road
Hammer flyin', air hose suckin'
Six feet of mud, I sure been a-muckin'
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-workin' that Fittsburgh steel
I thought you knowed
I been a-workin' that red-hot slag
Way down the road
I been a-blastin', I been a-firin'
I been a-duckin' red-hot iron
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been hittin' some hard harvestin'
I thought you knowed
I been hittin' some rough handlin'
Way down the road
Cut that wheat and stack that hay
Tryin' to make about a dollar a day
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-hittin' that Lincoln Highway
I thought you knowed
I been a-hittin' that sixty-six
Way down the road
Heavy load and a worried mind
Lookin' for a woman that's hard to find
I been a-havin' some hard travelin', Lord

I been a-havin' some hard travelin'
I thought you knowed
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Way down the road
I been a-havin'some hard travelin'
Hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I been a-havin'some hard travelin', Lord

Statistics from the KILLING FLOOR (www.brucespringsteen.it) database

This song has never been published on any official release.

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 29/09/1996 Severance Hall, Cleveland,OH ,USA
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database
Unique known live performance: 29/09/1996 Severance Hall, Cleveland,OH ,USA

Song 'history':


The song was only played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances (29/09/1996 Severance Hall, Cleveland,OH ,USA)
Data from the www.brucespringsteen.it database