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
Well it's Monday mornin'
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
As 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 he 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
Well it's Wednesday evenin'
Momma's waitin' by the phone
it rings but it's not his voice
Seems the highway patrol
has found a jack-knifed rig
in a snow bank in lllinois
But the driver was missin'
and the search had
been abandoned
For the weather
had everythin' 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
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 waitin' up all night long
Thinkin' nothin'
but the worst is comin'
with the ringin'
of the telephone
Oh but the man upstairs
was listenin'
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
Eighteen-wheeler
Eighteen-wheeler
Eighteen-wheeler
Eighteen-wheeler
Roll on