i got my diesel wound up and she s rollin like a never before there s a speed zone ahead all right but i don t see a cop in sight six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight i got me ten forward gears and a georgia overdrive takin little white pills and my eyes are open wide i just passed a jimmy in a white i been passin everything in sight six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight instrumental break well it seems like a month since i kissed my baby goodbye i could have a lotta women but i m not like a some of the guys i could find one to hold me tight but i could never make believe it s right six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight well icc is a checkin on down the line an i m a little overweight and my log book s a way behind but nothin bothers me tonight i can dodge them scales all right six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight well my rig s a little old but that don t mean she s slow there s a flame from the stack and the smoke s blowin black as coal well my home town s comin in sight if you think i m a happy you re right six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight six days on the road and i m a gonna make it home tonight