Livin’ on the Road

[Chorus]
Living on the road's not easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 1]
Now, I meet a lot of strange acting people
They ask me questions I don't understand
But the nice folks are the folks I remember
And I get back to see 'em when I can

[Chorus]
Yeah, living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 2]
Now, airplanes and trains fascinate me
But I'm paying for this bus I travel on
And I travel anywhere my music takes me
But sometimes, I love to go home

[Chorus]
Yeah, living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 3]
I drink a lot of bad-looking coffee
I almost had a cup to stare me down
I guess the bad-looking coffee won't kill me
But the fast way I'm living will, I've found

[Chorus]
Yeah, living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 4]
Well, I missed a plane out of Tulsa
But it didn't matter, I was flying anyway
And I've got a good woman who loves me
And she makes up for everything

[Chorus]
Say, living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 5]
Now, the boys in my band seem to like me
And I really dig their picking onstage
But the playing that they do when I ain't looking
Makes me want to put 'em in a cage

[Chorus]
Living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 6]
We played with a great band out of Texas
We picked and sang them songs all night long
And they had a girl singer in that band
I kinda liked her singing, among other things

[Chorus]
Living on the road ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road could drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Verse 7]
Now, I got a lot of truck-driving buddies
They're friendly guys I meet out on the road
And we share a lot of stories over coffee
Been known to lie on our CB radios

[Chorus]
Living on the road just ain't easy
Packing and unpacking every day
Yeah, living on the road can drive you crazy
But I kinda like it anyway

[Outro]
Yeah, I've spent a good part of my life on the road and I've been nearly everywhere
And made a million friends and that makes it worth it all
Let me get this radio on
You never know; they might be playing one of my records somewhere right now
How about ol' Hairl Hensley down in Nashville
Or Bill Mack out in Fort Worth
Or Charlie Douglas in New Orleans
Or Larry Scott in Los Angeles
Or Billy C. Cole in Des Moines
Or Buddy Ray in Wheeling, West Virginia
Or Ralph Emery? You never know
These guys been with me for many a mile
They play that good country music, helped keep me awake, among other things
Yeah, I've been known to [???], you know?
Living on the road. I love it...