18 Gears to Life

[Intro]
Ah, fire them things up, boys

[Verse 1]
Been out here on this highway
Rolling on now twenty years
Just like my dad before me
Coffee, blood, sweat and tears
I'm addicted to the white line
A prisoner of the road
Ain't no cure for this disease
It brings us outlaws and rogues
When they locked me up, they handed me the keys

[Chorus]
I'm pulling 18 gears to life
With no chance of parole
My heart belongs to Jesus
But this highway owns my soul
It's a crime I'm doing time
Just to send it on down the linе
I'm pulling 18 gears, 18 gears
18 gears to lifе

[Verse 2]
Some say I'm semi-crazy
My God, it's hard to tell
This diamond tuck and leather
Just might be my padded cell
Those pictures on my dashboard
Where I've watched my kids grow up
I thank God they understand
The cost of diesel in my blood
They know this rambling man and what sets me free

[Chorus]
I'm pulling 18 gears to life
With no chance of parole
My heart belongs to Jesus
But this highway owns my soul
It's a crime I'm doing time
Just to send it on down the line
I'm pulling 18 gears, 18 gears
18 gears to life

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
I'm pulling 18 gears to life
With no chance of parole
My heart belongs to Jesus
But this old highway owns my soul
It's a crime I'm doing time
Just to send it on down the line
I'm pulling 18 gears, 18 gears
18 gears to life

[Outro Chorus]
There's no escaping this addiction
So until the day I die
I'm pulling 18 gears, 18 gears
18 gears to life

[Outro]
18 gears to life
18 gears to life