Long Black Road Lyrics - Electric Light Orchestra

They used to tell me boy you ain't goin' 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 goin' down the long black road 

So I drifted for a while down the road to ruin 

I couldn't find my way I didn't know what I was doin' 

I saw a lot of people coming back the other way 

So I kept on goin' when I heard them say 

"you gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load 

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road" 

I made a lot of money I was makin' quite a mess 

But they all told me money wouldn't bring me happiness 

"you gotta work like a man in a real man's life 

You're gonna have to take all the trouble and strife" 

You gotta get up in the morning take your heavy load 

And you gotta keep goin' down the long black road