Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler) - Short Version

Roll on highway, roll on along

Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home

Roll on family, roll on crew

Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do

And roll on, eighteen-wheeler, roll on (roll on)

Well, it's Monday morning

He's kissin' Mama goodbye

He's up and gone with the sun

Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler

And he's off on a Midwest run

And three sad faces gather 'round Mama

They ask her when Daddy's comin' home

Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler

And they sure miss him when he's gone (yeah, they do)

Ah, but he calls them every night

And tells them that he loves them

He taught 'em this song to sing

Roll on highway, roll on along

Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home

Roll on family, roll on crew

Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do

And roll on, eighteen-wheeler, roll on (roll on)

Well, it's Wednesday evening

Mama's waitin' by the phone

It rings, but it's not his voice

Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknifed rig

In a snow bank in Illinois

But the driver was missin'

And the search had been abandoned

'Cause the weather had everything stalled

And they had checked all the houses and the local motels

When they had some more news, they'd call

And she told them when they found him to tell him

That she loved him

And she hung up the phone, singin'

Roll on highway, roll on along

Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home

Roll on family, roll on crew

Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do

And roll on, eighteen-wheeler, roll on

Mama and the children will be waiting up all night long

Thinkin' nothing but the words just comin'

With the ringin' of the telephone

Oh, but the man upstairs was listening

When Mama asked him to bring Daddy home

And when the call came in

It was daddy on the other end

Askin' her if she had been singin' the song, singin'

Roll on highway, roll on along

Roll on, Daddy, 'til you get back home

Roll on family, roll on crew

Roll on, Mama, like I asked you to do

And roll on, eighteen-wheeler, roll on (roll on)

Eighteen-wheeler

Eighteen-wheeler

Eighteen-wheeler

Eighteen-wheeler, roll on