[00:12.920]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,
[00:26.352]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.
[00:42.808]I look to the east, I look to the west,
[00:49.766]A youth asking fate to be rewardin'.
[00:56.860]But fortune is a blind god, flying through the clouds,
[01:03.576]And forgettin' me on this side of jordan.
[01:13.071]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,
[01:26.428]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.
[01:43.894]Silver spoons to some mouths, golden spoons to others,
[01:51.376]Dare a man to change the given order.
[01:57.110]Though they smile and tell us all of us are brothers,
[02:05.141]Never was it true this side of jordan.
[02:13.350]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,
[02:27.680]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.
[02:44.753]Like some ragged owlet with it's wings expanded,
[02:51.892]Nailed to some garden gate or boardin'.
[02:58.327]Thus will I by some men all my life be branded
[03:05.734]Never hurted none this side of jordan.
[03:14.080]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,
[03:28.456]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.