Hard Travellin'

Someone once wrote that for front-line soldiers, sleep is the most precious of commodities. Though I don't doubt the truth in that, you can easily extend the statement to include any full-time worker in the world. I'm certainly looking forward to grabbing as much as possible tonight.

For now, I'll leave you with Mistuh Woody Guthrie.

I've been havin' some hard travellin', I thought you knowed
I've been havin' some hard travellin', way down the road
I've been havin' some hard travellin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
I've been havin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been ridin' them fast rattlers, I thought you knowed
I've been ridin' them flat wheelers, way down the road
I've been ridin' them blind passengers, dead-enders, kickin' up cinders
I've been havin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been hittin' some hard-rock minin', I thought you knowed
I've been leanin' on a pressure drill, way down the road
Hammer flyin', air-hose suckin', six foot of mud and I sure been a muckin'
And I've been hittin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed
North Dakota to Kansas City, way down the road
Cuttin' that wheat, stackin' that hay, tryin' to make about a dollar a day
And I've been havin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been working that Pittsburgh steel, I thought you knowed
I've been a dumpin' that red-hot slag, way down the road
I've been a blasting, I've been a firin', I've been a pourin' red-hot iron
I've been hittin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been layin' in a hard-rock jail, I thought you knowed
I've been a laying out 90 days, way down the road
Damned old judge, he said to me, "It's 90 days for vagrancy."
And I've been hittin' some hard travellin', lord

I've been walking that Lincoln highway, I thought you knowed,
I've been hittin' that 66, way down the road
Heavy load and a worried mind, lookin' for a woman that's hard to find,
I've been hittin' some hard travellin', lord