Prisoner of the Highway Ronnie Milsap

Diesel powers
Eighteen wheels to rollin'
As I pull it on to the Interstate

I've got thirteen hours to make my destination
And I don't want to stop to check my weight
There won't be no sleep for me tonight
No, I've got to be hittin' Tulsa by first morning light

I'm a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road

I've run freight out of Wheeling, West Virginia
And US Steel from Bethlehem
I've rode tobacco out of the Carolinas
And California wines into Birmingham
Some people work just to survive, yeah
But up here in this cab that's when I'm most alive

I'm a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road