(with Ronnie Milsap)
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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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Chorus:
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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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Chorus:
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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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Repeat First Chorus:
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Don't ya know
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Repeat Second Chorus:
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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
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Prisoner of the Highway
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| Mark Wills |
