[00:22.23]Diesel power, eighteen wheels to rollin'
[00:26.75]As I pull it on to the interstate
[00:32.20]I've got thirteen hours to make my destination
[00:37.01]And I don't want to stop to check my weight
[00:42.89]Won't be no sleep for me tonight, no
[00:47.99]Gotta be hittin' Tulsa by first mornin' light.
[00:52.26]Call me a prisoner of the highway
[00:58.47]Driven on by my restless soul
[01:02.41]I'm a prisoner of the highway
[01:08.62]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah.
[01:21.86]I've run freight out of Wheeling West Virginia
[01:27.20]And U.S. Steel from Bethlehem
[01:31.68]And I've rolled tobacco out of the Carolinas
[01:37.33]California winds into Birmingham
[01:42.36]Some people work just to survive
[01:47.10]But up here in this cab
[01:49.27]Is the only time I'm alive.
[01:51.83]I'm a prisoner of the highway
[01:57.73]Driven on by my restless soul
[02:01.75]Call me a prisoner of the highway
[02:08.12]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah.
[02:21.05]
[02:31.80]I've got a wife livin' back in Tennessee
[02:35.78]Ronnie
[02:36.43]she tries to understand the way I feel (Lord, have mercy)
[02:41.41]Now I could give my hand to another line of work
[02:45.97]But my heart would always be behind the wheel.
[02:51.30]Call me a prisoner of the highway
[02:57.05]Driven on by my restless soul
[03:00.99]I'm a prisoner of the highway
[03:07.11]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah.
[03:11.55]Don't ya know.
[03:12.68]I'm a prisoner of the highway
[03:17.60]Driven on by my restless soul
[03:21.75]Call me a prisoner of the highway
[03:27.66]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah.
[03:43.46]We're prisoners of the highway (that's right)
[03:48.28]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road
[04:03.05]Yeah, we are prisoners of the highway (one more time)
[04:09.33]Imprisoned by the freedom of the road...