Long Hard Road - Alan Jackson

It’s a long, hard road I’m traveling on

Seems forever I’ve been gone

Yeah, it’s a long hard road I’m traveling on

Lord I need to find my way back home

I hear the voice my sweet momma called me

Telling me to change my ways

In my mind, I smell the dogwood blooming

Takes me back to yesterday

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

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

I’ve watched some loved ones dear to my heart dying

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

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

Lighting the way to heaven’s gate

I’ve felt the love of Jesus shining on me

I’ve felt the devil’s wicked ways

Prayed for forgiveness, prayed for redemption

Prayed just to make it through the day