Life On The Road

Jerry Jeff Walker/John Inmon
 Last year we went to London and Paris, Texas
 We went on a bus tour, the great Texas honky tonk tour
 Here are some snapshots about life on the road...
 Let me tell you 'bout the life I lead
 It ain't all it's cracked up to be
 Of what you been told, 'bout life on the road
 Rolling round in a painted bus,
 Just so y'all can look at us
 Life on the road
 You pack your clothes and your shaving kit
 Some extra socks and those pants that fit
 Check 'em for holes, life on the road
 Everything you pack is black, washed it all upon your back
 For life on the road
 Climb on board the bus and grab your bunk
 One on the bottom is the one you want
 Less rock and roll as you roll down the road
 Plug John Wayne in the VCR
 Let the driver tell you where you are
 Life on the road
 You get a bed and a TV set, you get an ashtray for your cigarette
 You get HBO, well that's life on the road
 Get one down on the bottom floor,
 Hang a do not disturb sign on the door
 Life on the road
 You get clean sheets and a wake-up call
 Don't go up north in the spring and fall
 But not when it's cold, that's no life on the road
 Coffee black with pie a la mode
 That's what you want before the show
 Life on the road
 Tonight we're playing that high school gym
 They're all drunk before I even begin
 They're hollering "Pissin' in the Wind"
 Life on the road
 The local band opens up for us
 Now the PA's got a real big buzz
 Life on the road
 The good news is I get to sing my songs
 The bad news is they all sing along
 And they're singing wrong notes
 Ahh, life on the road
 But if I stop, it won't be long
 Before they're singing someone else's song
 Life on the road