| Diesel power, eighteen wheels to rollin'
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| As I pull it on to the interstate
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| I’ve got thirteen hours to make my destination
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| And I don’t want to stop to check my weight
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| Won’t be no sleep for me tonight, no
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| Gotta be hittin' Tulsa by first mornin' light
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| Call me a prisoner of the highway
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| Driven on by my restless soul
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| I’m a prisoner of the highway
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah
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| I’ve run freight out of Wheeling West Virginia
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| And U.S. Steel from Bethlehem
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| And I’ve rolled tobacco out of the Carolinas
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| California winds into Birmingham
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| Some people work just to survive
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| But up here in this cab
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| Is the only time I’m alive
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| I’m a prisoner of the highway
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| Driven on by my restless soul
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| Call me a prisoner of the highway
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah
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| I’ve got a wife livin' back in Tennessee
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| Ronnie, she tries to understand the way I feel (Lord, have mercy)
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| Now I could give my hand to another line of work
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| But my heart would always be behind the wheel
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| Call me a prisoner of the highway
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| Driven on by my restless soul
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| I’m a prisoner of the highway
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah
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| Don’t ya know
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| I’m a prisoner of the highway
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| Driven on by my restless soul
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| Call me a prisoner of the highway
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah
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| We’re prisoners of the highway (that's right)
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road
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| Yeah, we are prisoners of the highway (one more time)
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| Imprisoned by the freedom of the road… |