Clinging to a Long Crooked Road

What a wild ride my life has been
Always taking the hard route and running against the wind
Never listened to nobody tried to make on my own
But I’m still clinging to that long crooked road

I thought my life would be a smooth straight line
I’d fall in love get married and everything would work out fine
Sometimes it’s been a pretty hard row to hoe
But I’m still clinging to that long crooked road

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Up through the mountains and hollers so low
Through every crowded city and up and down both coasts
I’m gonna keep on pushing far as I can go
Yeah I’ll keep clinging to the long crooked road

My daddy said don’t dare go in those mines
So I bought me a junker and left that world behind
Now they’re blowing up the mountains and poisoning the wells
I’d rather keep clinging to that long crooked road
Ya I’ll keep clinging to that long crooked road