Prisoner of the Highway Songtext
von Southern Rail

Diesel power 18 wheels a rollin′
As I pull it her on to the Interstate.

I've got thirteen hours to make my destination
Don′t want to stop to check my weight
Won't be no sleep for me tonight
I've got to be makin′ 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
Imprisoned by the freedom of the road.


I've hauled freight out of Wheeling, West Virgina
US Steel from Bethlehem
Rode tobacco out of the Carolina′s
California wines into Burmingham
Some people work just to survive
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
Imprisoned by the freedom of the road.

Got a wife waiting back in Tennessee
She tries to understand the way I feel
I could get my hands to another line of work
But my heart would always be behind the wheel.

I′m 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.


I'm 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.