Ten Years After - Working On The Road Lyrics

Shame on you you tube bad sound

it has always bugged me that at the .52 marker... it sounds like the tape was interrupted while being recorded, then back up to speed

MP - Approved.

LYRICS:
I've been working on the road about fifteen years
Been blowing my mind, I've been blasting my ears
Don't you know, babe?

I've been sleeping all day and working all night
I made a lot of money, but it don't feel right
Don't you know, babe?

Well, I've seen the world and it's seen me
In a strange kind of way I guess I'm free
Don't you know, babe?
Well, I've seen it bad and I've seen it good
But, now, I want to clear my blood
Don't you know, babe?

I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own

Well, I tried to live the way I should
I've shed some tears and sweated blood
Don't you know, babe?
And I think it's time I took a break
'Cause I have took all I can take
Don't you know, babe?

I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own
Take me home, babe.

(INSTRUMENTAL)

I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own

I've been working on the road about fifteen years
Been blowing my mind, I've been blasting my ears
Don't you know, babe?
I've been sleeping all day and working all night
I made a lot of money, but it don't feel right
Don't you know, babe?

I've got a feeling for home
Somewhere that I call my own.

Låtskrivare: Alvin Lee.

That band was a working-class band.

This track says it all.

I bought this fabulous album but I don't remember what happened to it. When I hear this tune I feel like I should be rolling a joint....after all these years maybe just a Pavlovian response.

One of my favorite songs of all time.

The best song on a great album. Alvin Lee's guitar play was magical

original British sound..a masterpiece in rock history...One of the Greatest Rock Songs of All Time..

Still got this record with the poster

What can I say but it don't get no better than this music ten years after are four fantastic musicians

Its got that tribal beat intro...nice

Our music is so much better than anything today. Real musicians playing real instruments. What a concept!

War einer meiner Idole!

Thanks pops🤗

The song of 70 God

Year Alvin, Year TYA you`re still workin`- and I´m on the road...... SEE YOU !!!!

too many good listens these blues icons.

' One of the Greatest Rock Songs of All- Time,, They Blew WoodStock Up "!!!

"Nobody Riffs Like Alvin Lee "!!!!!!!!

this stuff is top drawer classics

SUPERE ALVIN LEE...OKEY TEN YEARS FOREVER

isle of Wight 1970,lovely

I can`t keep from cryin` sometimes, Alvin, - still working on the road- GO ON !!!

ok its 2016 in may work it on a road

YEAHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this to me English blues at its best .wow unreal ..my fav band and still going strong

+Fred Arnold You got Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Sabbath, Uriah Heep...you name it, but Ten Years After... gimme Ten Years After any day! I first heard/saw Tean Years After was on an old video recording live from Isle of Wight, 1970, and I was hooked. They played I'm Going Home. The way Alvin Lee smoked the intro on his Gibson ES-335 just really got me

Für mich einer der besten Songs aller Zeiten !!! (Alvin Lee - Rip)

GBNF Love Alvin!

just like forever

Still after all the years this album justs blows my long hair straight back,, Ten Years After kicks arse...

Great TYA Rock N Roll Rules.

One of best guitarists, if not "thee best" in the whole effen world!

Thanks, Mr. BBC. Fine choice of song. Have a good one.

ALVIN LEE DESERVES TO BE IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME!!!!

That place is a joke! Britney Spears is in it wtf. 
Alvin Lee will always be remembered for his music, he don't need no stinkin' badges.

@mickster boone Absofuckinlutely correct mickster

It is a travesty they are not. Alvin gave the best performance at Woodstock

Ich bin ten years after. Habe rick lee die hand geschüttelt. Euer mick jagger d.ll.

Woodstock War ihr Durchbruch

Alvin lee simple rocks great lyrics yeah baby!!!pkb45

"I think its time I took a break cause I have took all I can take." Might be my epitaph!

Alvin Lee one of the most underestimated guitarists of all time should and I hope he is the hall of legends for this superb guitarists 

I love TYA and Alvin, it never gets old...

yes...The Best...Rest In Peace Alvin

Alvin was incredible live.

Yes he was!

God damm Alvin you are a God

Goin home! RIP died a year ago... Would have loved to be able to play like that. Now there's another Brit, Albert Lee who is a *pretty good* picker! to say the least.

Yea he was one of the greats and one of my favorites. I bought the dvd of Claptons Crossroads guitar festival of 2010 and Alvin was trying to get it done. Everytime I hear one of his songs it takes me back to the fish camp. I remember you used to say " His mama used to say Alvin shut up"

i' have a feeling  for home!:)

Dancing now....

great band!

A TERRIFIC album!

infernal!

Analog! Nuthin' better.

it was intentionally done for all the stoners at the time. Could you please pass the Cheetos?

alvin est mort .. j suis bien triste

interesting Kentishbloke. I'd always wondered that too. For decades.

I am with you...it just made me )(&%# happy! Like stepping outside the coldness of the house & wanting to feel the suns warmth.

Classic song.Classic era.Classic band.Thanks for the music.Alvin Lee we are missing you already.RIP.

wow alvin fantastic

R.I.P Alvin Lee,, you are one the greatest..

Farewell Alvin Lee,R.I.P, Hope there is a Cricklewood Green in heaven,If there is sugar the road for the rest of us.Here we have your songs to keep us going.

Alvin Lee passed on March 6th 2013. The music continues..

It's true. It sounds like the whole band goes whoosh for half a mo, rather than just one instrument. I always thought that it must have been caused by the tape deck going wonky somehow - just didn't make sense any other way. I once interviewed Alvin and asked about this, as it had bothered me for ever. He confirmed my speculation, saying it was caused by someone in the studio bumping against the master while recording. They liked that take and kept it, even with the imperfection.

rest in peace Alvin Lee...made alot of great music for us...

RIP Alvin Lee..........

RIP ALVIN...

RIP Alvin Lee.

ive always thought this tune's their best , take it or leave it

1 of the best songs off 1 of the best albums by 1 of the best rock bands ever. The damn advertisement at the beginning's gotta go...it's just plain wrong.

"Cricklewood Green" was the start of TYA's creative spark! One of my favorites in their catalog. Great song off a fantastic album.

This is one fine TYA album.

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH

This is one of my fave TYA songs, i think.. there are so many, it gets difficult to decide!

My alltime favourit

That's not hard to believe, Winter is the fucking MAN, man!

If u don't think this is fine R&R, u have and earwax problem, pure and simple..

A pearl of TYA...

Glitch. come on puppy. need some advice on classic tunes....let me clue ur young asses in. no glitch just analog brilliance.Caio:)

Radio stations that focus on Led Zeppelin to the exclusion of everything else (old AND new) do a terrible disservice to their listeners.

What a great album ! I was in high school when it came out! Still have it ! Thanks for posting....

TYA concentrated, compact and drivin` on the road.... It has to be...

I prefer Justin Bieber (joke),

is your choice

Loved the song from day one; standing in a record shop with headphones on.

Fucking kills lots of 80'S bands..like Kiss and their "hit"-" Lick it Up" - what no talent turds!!

Fuckin Kills lots of 80's bans: especially shit like Kiss's "Lick it Up"- talk about a lame fucking song!!!!!!!!!!!!

there best album,a reckon . . . . . .

back in the day(yr) I was the only one in my friends group who liked this album i have not listened to this since hmm 1980 or so give or take & I still luv it

@vulcanlane Its the only version I know,,And I still love it 50,000 years later

God damn!

@nickpick55 Them were fantastic then, with Van! But in SF I never really hear of Taste, til later. Sure were alot of gr8 bands then, not like these days! Rock on, bro!!!

wow, this is great, superb song.I always feel very positive when I listen to this song it takes all my trubles!

Love this ablum its been 40 yrs since i purchased this album....still loving the 60s and early 70s music...awesome....don't bogart the fatty..

best live band then!

Great driving music, thank god I grew up on stuff like this.

Happy 64th to Ric Lee today 10-20-09Tuesday! Great Lp! Saw them live around '71. Rock on , Alvin!!!

always wondered what happened at 0.53 glitch (seems to slow) - noticed (and hated!) when playing new chrysalis pressing after losing deram

Spent the summer of 70 in a duplex between Sebastian Inlet and Mel Beach.Had a turntable hooked up to two Fender Reverbs and just cranked this for all the world to hear.Great summer great albulm insane party"s.Hiched from right outside the front door to the Alanta Pop that year One ride right to acid alley man those were the days.

Damn, that's a great song! This is about the fifth or sixth time I am playing it. Plus about an hour last night! It's been nearly 30 years!!! Thanks

rode all over the eastern US listening to this 8 track

I love this song and this album. Thanks for uploading it!

..along with Mott, one of my fave
'70's band. I can remember 'shhh'
when it came out, not knowing much
about the band; the album cover looked
interesting and I thought, " more rock
and blues from Britain "...I think I paid
$3.oo for the album (1969), and I played
it alot...along with 'Cricklewood'.
Great Music ! Thanks for posting, tim !