Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)

Roll on family, roll on crew

Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknifed rig

And they had checked all the houses and local motels

Roll on Daddy till you get back home
Roll on family, roll on crew

And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on

Roll on Daddy till you get back home
And they sure miss him when he's gone, yeah they do
And he's off on a Midwest run

And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on

Roll on family, roll on crew
And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on

Askin' her if she had been singin' the song, singin'
To tell him that she loved him
And when the call came in
Eighteen-wheeler
It was Daddy on the other end
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
When Momma asked him to bring Daddy home
He taught them this song to sing
And roll on eighteen-wheeler
With the ringin' of the telephone
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
They ask her when Daddy's comin' home
Well it's Monday morning, he's kissin' Momma goodbye
Momma and the children will be waiting up all night long
Roll on family, roll on crew
Well it's Wednesday evening, Momma's waitin' by the phone
Roll on family, roll on crew
He's up and gone with the sun
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
Eighteen-wheeler
Oh, but the man upstairs was listening
Thinkin' nothing but the words just comin'

Eighteen-wheeler
Roll on highway, roll on along

Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And three sad faces gather round Momma

And she hung up the phone singin'
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
And he tells them that he loves them
Roll on Momma like I asked you to do
When they had some more news they'd call
And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on
Roll on Daddy till you get back home

Roll on highway, roll on along
But the driver was missin' and the search had been abandoned
And she told them when they found him
Roll on Daddy till you get back home
In a snow bank in Illinois
Roll on highway, roll on along
Ah, but he calls them every night
Roll on highway, roll on along
It rings but it's not his voice
Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler
'Cause the weather had everything strong