I'm so tired of this endless road Cargo in my trailer isn't the only heavy load my back is so tired
I miss my kids and I miss my wife I'm so sorry
But I pray to Jesus to take my life This ole trucker needs to make one more C.B. Call ,Lord, I'm calling you to take me home
Out here on this highway, feeling all alone So alone
Forty years of roads, the pain just grows Take my hand and lead me where
The peaceful river flows Jesus, take me home
I've been out here on this road for forty years Forty long years
It's never gotten better, only harder through the tears I'm tired of this fight
They say we're rich, but that's just not the truth That's a lie
We're treated like slaves within a unlivable wage Sure isn't like it used to be in them good old days
Cars and traffic, no one shows courtesy Cut you off, flip you off, no care for you or me
I wonder how they feel to have to make their money on a fourteen hour clock
While wrestling gears and roads that never stop
Lord, I'm calling you to take me home I'm packed and ready to go Out here on this highway, feeling all alone
I'm a burden to my wife and this is true She'll say that's not the case, that isn't true
But I know she'd prefer me gone then To continue to make her do the things I want her to do
Forty years of roads, the pain just grows Take my hand and lead me where
The peaceful river flows
Jesus, take me home, my home is just a memory Fading fast behind each mile, harder and harder to face
Hauling loads as heavy as my heart across this endless trial
The radio plays old songs and they take me back in time I wasn't wanted back then
At the end of my journey, when my time is near I'll find peace in your arms, far from here, this road's behind
The highway's like a serpent twisting under moonlit skies
Every exit sign sign a reminder of the home I idealize, always in my head
Through the night I drive under countless starry dawns Praying, Lord, please guide me, I'm ready to come home
Lord, I'm calling you to take me home
Out here on this highway, feeling all alone
Forty years of roads, the pain just grows Take my hand and lead me where
The peaceful river flows
These eighteen wheels will turn until my final day But I keep my faith in you, come what may
At the end of my journey, when my time is near I'll find peace in your arms, far from here
Goodbye world, I've hauled my last load That's my wife and kids
Sorry, but it's just my time to go I'll forever love you all
Okay Jesus, I'm ready to go