make it home

Searching for the meaning and essence of Love,
I found myself
looking for love songs "in all the wrong places"...

many songs they list as "love songs" are actually
sad songs
depressing songs
songs of loss and lonesome - ness

so I selected the following song which, to me, is an excellent love song
although probably most of the Love Song Listers don't include it:

Well, I pulled out of Pittsburgh,
Rollin' down the Eastern Seaboard.
I've got my diesel wound up,
And she's running like never before.
There's a speed zone ahead, all right,
I don't see a cop in sight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.

I got ten forward gears,
And a Georgia overdrive.
I'm taking little white pills,
And my eyes are open wide.
I just passed a 'Jimmy' and a 'White':
I've been passin' everything in sight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.

Well it seems like a month
Since I kissed my baby good-bye.
I could have a lot of women
But I'm not like some other guys
I could find one to hold me tight,
But I could never believe that it's right.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.

I.C.C. is checking on down the line.
I'm a litle overweight and my log's three days behind.
But nothing bothers me tonight
I can dodge all the scales all right,
Six days on the road and I'mk 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 her stack
And the smoke's rolling black as coal.
My hometown's coming in sight,
If you think I'm happy you're right.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.
Six days on the road and I'm gonna make it home tonight.

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