[Intro: ](all over an E) 
 
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..... 
 
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Let me tell you 'bout the life I lead 
 
It ain't all it's cracked up to be 
 
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Of what you been told, 'bout life on the road 
 
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Rolling round in a painted bus, just so y'all can look at us 
 
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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, hoist 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 
Only 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