Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ronnie Milsap
Vocals
Kyle Lehning
Programming
Clayton Ivey
Keyboards
Shane Keister
Keyboards
BRUCE DEES
Background Vocals
J. Goin
Guitar
John Willis
Acoustic Guitar
David Hungate
Bass Guitar
Warren Gowers
Bass Guitar
Larrie Londin
Drums
James Stroud
Drums
Lisa Silver
Background Vocals
The Nashville String Machine
Strings
Roger Hawkins
Drums
Jim Horn
Saxophone
Mitch Humphries
Keyboards
Farrell Morris
Percussion
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Mike Reid
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ronnie Milsap
Producer
Rob Galbraith
Producer
Kyle Lehning
Recording Engineer
Ben Harris
Recording Engineer
Scott Hendricks
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
Diesel powers 18 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.
Chorus:
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 Virgina
And US Steel from Memphis
I've rode tobacco out of the Carolina's
California wines into Burmingham
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.
--- Instrumental ---
Got a wife living back in Tennessee
And 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.
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
I'm a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road.
Don't you know 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...
Writer(s): Michael Barry Reid
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