Alabama

Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)

Roll on highway, roll on alongRoll on daddy till you get back homeRoll on family, roll on crewRoll on momma like I asked you to doAnd roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on (roll on)Well it's Monday morning, he's kissin' momma goodbyeHe's up and gone with the sunDaddy drives an eighteen-wheelerAnd he's off on a midwest runAs three sad faces gather 'round mommaThey ask her when daddy's comin' homeDaddy drives an eighteen-wheelerAnd they sure miss him when he's gone (yeah they do)Ah, but he calls them every night and he tells them that he loves themHe taught them this song to singRoll on highway, roll on alongRoll on daddy till you get back homeRoll on family, roll on crewRoll on momma like I asked you to doAnd roll on eighteen-wheeler, roll on (roll on)Well it's Wednesday evening, momma's waitin' by the phoneIt rings but it's not his voiceSeems the highway patrol has found a jack-knifed rigIn a snow bank in IllinoisBut the driver was missin' and the search had been abandonedFor the weather had everything stalledAnd they had checked all the houses and the local motelsWhen they had some more news they'd callAnd she told them when they found him to tell him that she loved himAnd she hung up the phone singin'Roll on highway, roll on alongRoll on daddy till you get back homeRoll on family, roll on crewRoll on momma like I asked you to doAnd roll on eighteen-wheeler roll onMomma and the children will be waiting up all night longThinkin' nothing but the worst is comin'With the ringin' of the telephoneOh, but the man upstairs was listeningWhen momma asked him to bring daddy homeAnd when the call came in it was daddy on the other endAskin' her if she had been singin' the song, singin'Roll on highway, roll on alongRoll on daddy till you get back homeRoll on family, roll on crewRoll on momma like I asked you to doAnd roll on eighteen-wheelerRoll on highway, roll on alongRoll on daddy till you get back homeRoll on family, roll on crewRoll on momma like I asked you to doAnd roll on eighteen-wheeler, roll on (roll on)Eighteen-wheelerEighteen-wheelerEighteen-wheelerEighteen-wheelerRoll onRoll onRoll onRoll on