Testo Long Black Road Electric Light Orchestra
They used to tell me boy you ainât goinâ nowhere
With your cheap guitar and your big long hair
You gotta realize all your responsibilities
You gotta get out to work and face reality
You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goinâ down the long black road
So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin
I couldnât find my way I didnât know what I was doinâ
I saw a lot of people coming back the other way
So I kept on goinâ when I heard them say
"you gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goinâ down the long black road"
I made a lot of money I was makinâ quite a mess
But they all told me money wouldnât bring me happiness
"you gotta work like a man in a real manâs life
Youâre gonna have to take all the trouble and strife"
You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load
And you gotta keep goinâ down the long black road