The Sun's setting on the state line of Alabama

Watching the welcome sign fly by, little red in my eyes

Got the radio up and my ray bans on

Two thousand miles can get a little lonely

When there's a voice on the phone saying baby come back

That angel waiting on the other side of morning

Keeps the horses running fast

It's gonna be a long ride home

Rolling 18 wheels down an open road

Hauling a heartache and a heavy load

It's just another long night alone

When she's on my mind, pushing 85 never felt so slow

It's gonna be a long ride home

Another nowhere town, another neon truck stop

Midnight pullin' in, fill it up, little coffee in my cup

Couple scratch offs and a pack of smokes

It ain't easy on her, me being gone but it's nothing new

It's just the way it is when you got a job

That somebody's gotta do

It's gonna be a long ride home

Rolling 18 wheels down an open road

Hauling a heartache and a heavy load

It's just another long night alone

When she's on my mind, pushing 85 never felt so slow

It's gonna be a long ride home

Yeah, it's all exit signs, white broken lines

Just living them highway songs

Putting in the work, til I get to her

Yeah, I'll keep keepin' on

This long ride home

Rolling 18 wheels down an open road

Hauling a heartache and a heavy load

It's just another long night alone

When she's on my mind, pushing 85 never felt so slow

It's gonna be a long ride home

Oh, yeah, a long ride home