[00:00.000]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,[00:26.099]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe[00:39.962]I look to the east, I look to the west,[00:48.893]A youth asking fate to be rewardin'.[00:55.372]But fortune is a blind god, flying through the clouds,[01:03.488]And forgettin' me on this side of jordan.[01:09.287]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,[01:25.619]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.[01:40.317]Silver spoons to some mouths, golden spoons to others,[01:50.368]Dare a man to change the given order.[01:56.508]Though they smile and tell us all of us are brothers,[02:03.816]Never was it true this side of jordan.[02:09.795]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,[02:26.129]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.[02:40.560]Like some ragged owlet with it's wings expanded,[02:50.967]Nailed to some garden gate or boardin'.[02:55.837]Thus will I by some men all my life be branded[03:03.918]Never hurted none this side of jordan.[03:09.619]Take off your old coat and roll up your sleeves,[03:26.635]Life is a hard road to travel, I believe.