Album: American Ride
 I learned quick my eighteenth summer
 Diggin' ditches for the man
 You can't be a guitar strummer
 Cussin' that shovel in your hand
 
 Took my paycheck to a pawn shop
 Bought a silvertone guitar
 Wrote a song about a beer joint
 Went and played it in a bar
 
 Chorus:
 It's hard as hell out on this highway
 But I'm still addicted to the show
 When that crazy crowd calls out it keeps me
 A gypsy driftin' down the road
 
 Buses, trucks and lit up stages
 Angel faces with no names
 Stadium of savin' graces
 Stand and singing with a flame
 
 Repeat chorus
 
 I go on when I'm too tired to sleep
 And I go on, sing when I can't speak
 I go on and on and on and on
 
 Repeat chorus
 
 And when that crazy crowd calls out it keeps me
 A gypsy driftin' down the road