Woke this morning ten a.m., room was smelling sweetly Felt somebody touching me, thought I must be dreaming She leaned over, said hello, honey ya feeling I said hard roads caught me cold Showered and shaved, packed my case, taxi it was waiting Said goodbye, I had to fly, she said see you later Went to pay, there wasn't nothing there, money she had stolen Yeah those hard roads caught me cold And it's a hard road of uphill climbing That makes me feel this way Hard road it keeps from my home Hard road there's no declining Just make your weary way Long hard road that I'm on Next hotel feel like hell, room no ventilation Service s**s and I'm out of bucks, TV's got one station Wasting time, people stand in line, full of inspiration Hard road's caught me cold And it's a hard road of uphill climbing That makes me feel this way Hard road it keeps from my home Hard road there's no declining Just make your weary way Long hard road that I'm on Done the show, we really let it go, thought it was a good one Hit the bar, drinking whisky hard, feeling like some hot fun Rooms revolve, another wake-up call, body it was aching Yeah, them hard roads caught me cold And it's a hard road of uphill climbing That makes me feel this way Hard road it keeps from my home Hard road there's no declining Just make your weary way Long hard road that I'm on