Long Road Too Far

from Bad Day At Growler's Rock by The Wattingers

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I have been inspired by 'Prison Hollers,' work songs from the prison population around Mississippi and recorded by Alan Lomax. The Wattingers have covered two of these on the previous album, 'No More My Lord' and 'Old Alabama'.
Long Road Too Far is an acknowledgement to this, and the rhythm is derived from a film depicting chain gang labour. Lyrically it refers to another great injustice, 'The Trail of Tears' and all forced marches and displacement of indigenous people that has occurred throughout history

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Long Road Too Far
The road is long
The road is long
10.000 miles
Lord hear our song
Oh hear us Lord
Hear my song
And the sun beat down
Oh the sun beat down
The sun beat down
And the trail is hard
Yes the trail is hard
10.000 miles

We took a long walk
We took a long walk
10.000 miles
Hot summer’s day
Oh hear us Lord
Hear my song
And I froze to death
Oh the sun beat down
The sun beat down
Oh hear us Lord
The road’s too long
10.000 miles

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from Bad Day At Growler's Rock, released February 16, 2018

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