Story Behind The Song
I actually wrote this as an RV song. I sold RV's for many years and was very envious of all my customers talking about how they were always home as they traveled this great country!!
Song Description
About a man who can't stand watching the world go by on the farm so buys a truck and hits the road
| Song Length |
2:48 |
Genre |
Country - Rockabilly, Country - Bluegrass |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Pleased, Restless |
Subject |
Trucks, Country, Nation |
| Similar Artists |
Tim Mcgraw, Alabama |
| |
Lyrics
I saw the light in the want ads
89 cents a mile sounds good to me
Told my wife I wouldn?t go out like my dad
So I left the farm and bought this R. I. G.
CHORUS
I?d rather roll than sit here and rock
It?s time to roam not sit and watch the clock
Gonna lighten my load and throw the chair away
Cause I?d rather roll than rock any day
I reap the fruits of my labor
As I slowly make my way thru Alabam
My wife is now the Nagivator
And when she gets us lost I really don?t give damn
CHORUS
I?d rather roll than sit here and rock
It?s time to roam not sit and watch the clock
Lightened up my load and thrown the chair away
Cause I?d rather roll than rock any day
BRIDGE
I?ve been rocked by the waves out on the ocean
White-Knuckled every mile that I have flown
But I?d rather see this world in what seems like slow motion
No matter where I?m at I?m at home
REPEAT CHORUS