You don't b'lieve I'm travelin' on the road somewhere Get your book and pencil and count the days I'm gone I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way You can go to Memphis, find me there Catch the first train smokin' find me on the road somewhere And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way You've been talkin' 'bout your brickhouse but you ought to see mine It ain't so pretty but it's built up fine I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I got up this mornin' looked at the risin' sun Can't nobody run me like them bloodhounds done And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I got up in my stockings, tippin' 'cross the floor Heared them bloodhounds a-rappin' upon my door And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I have chickens on my back and there's the hounds on my track I dropped my hat1 'n' I couldn't stop to look back And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I could hear them pistol balls zoomin' by my head I b'lieve to my soul they gonna kill me dead And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I got up this mornin' just about the break of day I could hear them there bloodhounds a-comin' down my way And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way I got up this mornin', fell down 'cross my bed I could hear somethin' perchin' all around my head And I am gone, I'm long gone My road is rough and rocky on my way