[Verse 1] Diesel powers, 18 wheels to rollin As I pull it on to the Interstate Ive got 13 hours to make my destination And I dont want to stop to check my weight There wont be no sleep for me tonight No, Ive got to be hittin Tulsa by first morning light [Chorus] Im a prisoner of the highway Driven on by my restless soul Call me a prisoner of the highway Imprisoned by the freedom of the road Listen [Verse 2] Ive run freight out of Wheeling, West Virginia And US steel from Bethlehem Ive rode tobacco out of the Carolinas And California wines into Birmingham Some people work just to survive, yeah But up here in this cab is when Im most alive [Chorus] Im a prisoner of the highway Driven on by my restless soul Call me a prisoner of the highway Imprisoned by the freedom of the road, yeah See Ronnie Milsap LiveGet tickets as low as 66You might also like[Bridge] Got a wife living back in Tennessee She tries to understand the way I feel I could give my hands to another line of work But my heart would always be behind the wheel [Chorus] Call me a prisoner of the highway Driven on by my restless soul Tell em Ronnie Im a prisoner of the highway Imprisoned by the freedom of the road We are prisoners of the highway Driven on by our restless soul Yeah, we are prisoners of the highway Imprisoned by the freedom of the road Dont you know Im a prisoner of the highway Woo Driven on by my restless soul Yeah We are prisoners of the highway Here we go Imprisoned by the freedom of the road [Outro] Thats right
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