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 of my sweet mama calling
Telling me to change my ways
In my mind I smell the dogwoods blooming
Takes me back to yesterday
Yeah, 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 left behind the person that I once was
Changed from good and sought the bad
I've wasted days and nights on love but got none
I've traded happiness for sad
Yeah, 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'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
Yeah, 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've watched a loved ones dear to my heart dying
I've heard a new born baby's cry
I've walked the path of glory and of darkness
I've felt the guilt of a senseless life
Yeah, 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
Drank to forget and I've drank to remember
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
Yeah, 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'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
Yeah, 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