Alabama
Rock country powerhouse Alabama hit the music scene in the late 1970s, one of the first country acts that became popular as a group and not as a single vocalist. Drawing from both pop rock and country roots, Alabama is unarguably one of the most popular country groups in history, with its uniqueblend of rock, bluegrass and country music.
Roll On
(chorus)
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)
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
As 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 everynight and he tells them that he
lovesthem
And he taught them this song to sing
(chorus)
Roll on highway, Roll on along
Roll on
daddy till ya 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)
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 jacknifed rig
In a snow bank in Illinois
But the driver was missin' and the search had been
abandoned
For the weather had everything strong
And they had checked all the houses and local motels
When
they had somemore news they'd call
And she told them
when they found him to tell him that she lovedhim
And she
hung up the phone singin'
(chorus)
Roll on
highway, roll on along
Roll on daddy till ya 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'
(chorus)
Roll on highway,
roll on along
Roll on daddy till ya get back home
Roll
on family, roll on crew
Roll on momma like I asked you to
do
And roll on eighteen-wheeler
(chorus)
Roll on highway, roll on along
Roll on daddy till ya 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
Roll on
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