Chorus:
This 'ol wheel keeps
On rollin' down the road
This 'ol wheel keeps
On rollin' down the road

Oh, gravel and dust fly up
Off of truck tires
Down a dirt road
In Nashville
In the summertime, in 1996
I was listenin'
To my dad and Johnny Cash
Doin' chain gang
And talkin' trash with Savannah
And smokin' cigarettes
But it wasn't that long
Till I tasted the salt of the sea
Cause she was still in love
With the guy she left for me so
She stood there cryin'
As I packed my pack
And I knew that I was lyin'
When I said that I'd be back

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Now fast forward
To about 2000 and 3
I'm standin' on the corner
Of Hollywood and Vine
Just a six string and me
And that capitol building
Lookin' up at that thing
Wonderin' when am I
Gonna get my chance to sing
But faced
With that kind of predicament
It'd be pretty hard
To, to get choked up
When every hero
I've had and every band
I had broke up
I'm invited to a party
And I just can't come cause
I know that once I'm in
I can't pull out till I'm done

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In my last nine to ten old
Ah Pook waltzed in
Put his slimy gun to my head
And said son this is the end
I said you better get back
I got an army of good friends
Who would follow me to hell
And I've done the same for them
Besides you're not going to destroy
What we've worked so hard to defend
We protect the things
We love just like our families did
We picked a long and winding road
And we'd do it again
We picked a dark horse
And we're gonna ride
It till the end

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