You gonna believe im traveling,nOn the road somewhere,nGet your book and pen son and count the days Im gone.nI am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnYou can go to memphis,nFind me there,nGet the fine train smokey,nfind it on the road somewhere.nAnd I am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnYou've been talking about your brickhouse,nbut you oughta see minenIt ain't so pretty but it still looks fine.nI am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnI got up this morning,nLooked at the rising sun,nCan't nobody run me like them bloodhounds done.nI am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnI got up in my store, nCame tipping on the floor, nYeah them bloodhounds was wrapping up on my doornAnd im gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnChickens on my back, nAnd theres hounds upon my tack,nI dropped my hat and I couldn't stop to look back.nAnd im gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnI could hear them pistol balls,nZooming by my head,nI prayed to my soul they gonna kill me dead. nAnd I am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnI got up this morning,nJust about the break of day,nI could hear them there bloodhounds a-coming down my way.nAnd I am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.nnI got up this morning,nFell down across my bed, nI could hear somthing pushing all around my headnAnd I am gone, Im long gone,nMy road is rough and rocky all my way.