Alabama: Roll On

Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler, roll on
(Roll on)
Well it's Monday morning, he's kissin' Momma 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 Momma
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 them this song to sing
Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler, roll on
(Roll on)
Well, it's Wednesday evening, Momma'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 strong
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 till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler, roll on
Momma 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 Momma 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 till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler
Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew
Roll on Momma 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