Lyrics to
Hard Road

This version of Hard Road was released by Rod Stewart in 1974.

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My mama ‘n’ papa told me son that you’re just a fool
when I told ’em I was leaving home I was leaving school
So then in a couple of hours I found myself
heading down that southbound road
with everything I owned on my back
I carried such a heavy load

And it’s a hard, hard road that I travel
It’s a hard, hard road that I travel
It’s a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
And it’s a hard, hard road down the line

Well I wanna tell ya friends
that it’s good to be a traveling man
‘Cause I’m doing what I want to
Living just the best that I can
Nobody putting rings around my neck
To put me in a pigeon hole
I’ve got my dog and my radio
to listen to some rock ‘n’ roll

And it’s a hard, hard road that I travel
It’s a hard, hard road that I travel
It’s a hard, hard road that I travel down the line
And it’s a hard, hard road down the line

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About Lyrics and Hard Road by Rod Stewart

The lyrics for Hard Road are defined as the words making up the song released by Rod Stewart in 1974. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Hard Road have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Rod Stewart and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Hard Road by Rod Stewart if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Hard Road" means the words set to the music of Hard Road, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rod Stewart. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Hard Road and the lyrics to Hard Road are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rod Stewart who came here looking just for the lyrics to Hard Road, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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