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