My Road Is Rough and Rocky (How Long, How Long?)

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You don't b'lieve I'm travelin' on the road somewhere Get your book and pencil and count the days I'm gone I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 2] You can go to Memphis, find me there Catch the first train smokin' find me on the road somewhere And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 3] You've been talkin' 'bout your brickhouse but you ought to see mine It ain't so pretty but it's built up fine I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 4] I got up this mornin' looked at the risin' sun Can't nobody run me like them bloodhounds done And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 5] I got up in my stockings, tippin' 'cross the floor Heard them bloodhounds a-rappin' upon my door And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 6] I have chickens on my back and there's the hounds on my track I dropped my hat 'n' I couldn't stop to look back And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 7] I could hear them pistol balls zoomin' by my head I b'lieve to my soul they gonna kill me dead And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 8] I got up this mornin' just about the break of day I could hear them there bloodhounds a-comin' down my way And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way [Verse 9] I got up this mornin', fell down 'cross my bed I could hear somethin' perchin' all around my head And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way