Red Dog Ash It's a Hard Road lyrics

Billy came from Houston, saw the writing on the wall
Hopped up on a northbound, rode it straight to Arkansas
Had some family living there doing fair-to-good
Gonna take a room, shack up a while, lay down that steel and wood

It's a long road
It's a hard road
And it's a lonely road
To pull that heavy load

“Your mama's eyes shine in your face, same worry and same glow
She carried with her out of here some 16 years ago
It was raining when she let out, thunder rolling in the west
Thursday night to Little Rock, skin tight against her dress

It's a long road
It's a hard road
And it's a lonely road
To pull that heavy load

“Well, come on here Billy boy and sup with us tonight
And tell of things unknown to us and set the story right.”
“I grew up on the Gulf shore a fur piece down the way

And I did what I had to do that brought me here today.”

On that long road
On that hard road
And it's a lonely road
To pull that heavy load

Revenge is best served cold, but you take it when you can
Don't hesitate, make no mistake, get up and make your stand

“Early morning when she comes home after working ‘till the light
She'll find the mess she never left and know it isn't right
That man of hers was no good, I saw the writing on the wall
And last night when the time was right I let the hammer fall.”

It's a long road
It's a hard road
And it's a lonely road
To pull that heavy load