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Long Hard Road

Alan Jackson

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Alan Jackson

Performer

Scott Coney

Acoustic Guitar

Adam Steffey

Mandolin

Tim Crouch

Fiddle

Rob Ickes

Dobro

Sammy Shelor

Banjo

Don Rigsby

Background Vocals

Ronnie Bowman

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Alan Jackson

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Keith Stegall

Producer

Adam Wright

Producer

John Kelton

Mixing Engineer

Travis Humbert

Assistant Recording Engineer

Hank Williams

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

It's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 2]

I hear the voice my sweet mama callin'

Tellin' me to change my ways

In my mind, I smell the dogwood bloomin'

Takes me back to yesterday

[Verse 3]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 4]

I left behind the person that I once was

I changed for good and some for bad

I've wasted days and nights on love forgotten

I've traded happiness for sad

[Verse 5]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 6]

I've felt the hurt of a broken heart inside me

I've felt the joy of love unchained

I've seen the rain wash away a mountain

Like tears have washed away my pain

[Verse 7]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 8]

I've watched some loved ones dear to my heart dyin'

I've heard a newborn baby's cry

I've walked a path of glory and of darkness

I've felt the guilt of a senseless life

[Verse 9]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 10]

Drank to forget and I've drank to remember

And I've drank for love and I've drank for hate

I've danced alone with a full moon up above me

Lightin' the way to heaven's gate

[Verse 11]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

[Verse 12]

I've felt the love of Jesus shinin' on me

I've felt the Devil's wicked ways

Prayed for forgiveness, prayed for redemption

Prayed just to make it through the day

[Verse 13]

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Seems forever I've been gone

Yeah, it's a long hard road I'm travelin' on

Lord, I need to find my way back home

Written by: Alan Jackson

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