Long Black Road [Clean]-Electric Light Orchestra

[00:00.23]Writer: Jeff Lynne [00:11.81]They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' nowhere [00:17.59]With your cheap guitar and your big long hair [00:23.77]You gotta realize all your responsibilities [00:29.48]You gotta get out to work and face reality [00:32.68] [00:35.25]You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load [00:38.60]And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road [00:42.94] [00:47.54]So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin [00:53.90]I couldn't find my way I didn't know what I was doin' [00:59.81]I saw a lot of people coming back the other way [01:05.54]So I kept on goin' when I heard them say [01:09.84] [01:11.50]You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load [01:14.51]And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road [01:20.60] [01:50.22]Long black road [01:53.34]Long black road [01:54.72] [02:02.14]Long black road [02:05.42]Long black road [02:06.87] [02:09.14]I made a lot of money I was makin' quite a mess [02:14.60]But they all told me money wouldn't bring me happiness [02:20.65]You gotta work like a man in a real man's life [02:26.90]You're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife [02:30.00] [02:32.54]You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load [02:35.74]And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road [02:41.51]You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load [02:44.70]And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road [02:50.39]You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load [02:53.72]And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road [02:58.19] [03:05.15]Long black road [03:14.29]Long black road