[Verse 1]
I've been playing my guitar
Since I was a kid
Running up and down the highway
That's all I ever did
I never made the big time
But I had a blast
Had a lot of women
And I kicked a lot of ass
Running down the highway
Looking for a honky tonk

[Chorus]
Spent a lot of time on the big highway
From I-94, down to Interstate Eight
From Wilmington to Barstow and over to LA
I played a lot of music
And I seen a lot of highway

[Verse 2]
Hotels, motels, always dodging cops
Stranger, danger
Everywhere I stop
Thank you for the invite
But I gotta go
Can't change the way I do it
It's the only way I know
Running down the highway
Looking for a honky tonk
[Chorus]
Well, I spent a lot of time on the big highway
From I-94, down to Interstate Eight
From Wilmington to Barstow and over to LA
I played a lot of music
And I seen a lot of highway

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
The incidеnt in Tupelo
We had to leavе there fast
Me and Johnny Paycheck
Trying to save our ass
We got there in a lear jet
Left there on a bus
Trying to get to Memphis
'Fore the law could get to us
Running down the highway
Looking for a honky tonk

[Chorus]
Son, I spent a lot of time on the big highway
From I-94, down to Interstate Eight
From Wilmington to Barstow and over to LA
I played a lot of music
And I seen a lot of highway
I played a lot of music and I seen a lot of highway
Son, I played a lot of music and I seen a lot of highway