Roll on highway, roll on along   Roll on Daddy till you get back home   Roll on family, roll on crew   Roll on Momma like I asked you to do   And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on      Well it's Monday morning, he's kissin' Momma goodbye   He's up and gone with the sun   Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler   And he's off on a Midwest run      And three sad faces gather round Momma   They ask her when Daddy's comin' home   Daddy drives an eighteen-wheeler   And they sure miss him when he's gone, yeah they do      Ah, but he calls them every night   And he tells them that he loves them   He taught them this song to sing      Roll on highway, roll on along   Roll on Daddy till you get back home   Roll on family, roll on crew   Roll on Momma like I asked you to do   And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on      Well it's Wednesday evening, Momma's waitin' by the phone   It rings but it's not his voice   Seems the highway patrol has found a jackknifed rig   In a snow bank in Illinois      But the driver was missin' and the search had been abandoned   'Cause the weather had everything strong   And they had checked all the houses and local motels   When they had some more news they'd call      And she told them when they found him   To tell him that she loved him   And she hung up the phone singin'      Roll on highway, roll on along   Roll on Daddy till you get back home   Roll on family, roll on crew   Roll on Momma like I asked you to do   And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on      Momma and the children will be waiting up all night long   Thinkin' nothing but the words just comin'   With the ringin' of the telephone   Oh, but the man upstairs was listening   When Momma asked him to bring Daddy home      And when the call came in   It was Daddy on the other end   Askin' her if she had been singin' the song, singin'      Roll on highway, roll on along   Roll on Daddy till you get back home   Roll on family, roll on crew   Roll on Momma like I asked you to do   And roll on eighteen-wheeler      Roll on highway, roll on along   Roll on Daddy till you get back home   Roll on family, roll on crew   Roll on Momma like I asked you to do   And roll on eighteen-wheeler roll on, roll on      Eighteen-wheeler   Eighteen-wheeler   Eighteen-wheeler   Eighteen-wheeler roll on