Jerry Jeff Walker – Life On The Road (Guitar)

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Last year we went to   London and Paris,   Texas,

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we went on a bus tour, the great Texas honky tonk tour.

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Here are some snapshots about life on the road.....

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  Let me tell you 'bout the life I lead,   it ain't all it's cracked up to be

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of what you been told, 'bout life on the road.

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  Rolling round in a painted bus,   just so y'all can look at us,

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life on the road.

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  You pack your clothes and your shaving kit,

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  some extra socks and those pants that fit;

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check 'em for holes, life on the road.

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  Everything you pack is black,   washed it all upon your back

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for life on the road.

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  Climb on board the bus and grab your bunk,

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  one on the bottom is the one you want,

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less rock and roll as you roll down the road.

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  Plug John Wayne in the VCR,

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  let the driver tell you where you are, life on the [Interlude] road.

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  You get a bed and a TV set,   you get an ashtray for your cigarette,

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you get HBO, well that's life on the road.

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  Get one down on the bottom floor,   hang a do not disturb sign on the door,

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life on the road.

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  You get clean sheets and a wake-up call,

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  don't go up north in the spring and fall,

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but not when it's cold, that's no life on the road.

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  Coffee black with pie a la mode,

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  that's what you want before the show, life on the [Interlude] road.

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  Tonight we're playing that high school gym,

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  they're all drunk before I even begin;

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they're hollering "Pissin' in the Wind", life on the road.

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  The local band opens up for us, now the PA's got a real big buzz,

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life on the road.

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  The good news is I get to sing my songs,

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  the bad news is they all sing along

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and they're singing wrong notes. Ahh, life on the road.

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  But if I stop, it won't be long

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  before they're singing someone else's song, life on the [Outro] road.