These 35 years have been so cruel to me
The ups and the downs and the down and outs stick with me
I got unpaid debts from way back in sixtythree
Plus a hard-headed woman that’s as mean as she can be

This old road just keeps ramblin’ on
It’s got my soul to my blood and bones
The more I ride the farther I get from home
Shame on a woman with a heart that’s cold as stone

Hauling freight ain’t the best job that you’ll find
Uphill, downhill, gets to be the same old grind
But I can’t stay home and fight that woman of mine
I can’t live with her and without her I’d lose my mind

[1] These 35 years have [^b7] been so cruel to [1] me
The ups and the downs and the [^b7] down and outs stick with [1] me
I got unpaid debts from [^b7] way back in sixty-[1]-three
Plus a [4] hard-headed woman that’s as [5] mean as she can [1] be

This old road just keeps ramblin’ on
It’s got my soul to my blood and bones
The more I ride the farther I get from home
Shame on a woman with a heart that’s cold as stone

Hauling freight ain’t the best job that you’ll find
Uphill, downhill, gets to be the same old grind
But I can’t stay home and fight that woman of mine
I can’t live with her and without her I’d lose my mind