Home Fires Burning

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The sun is rising and I'm in the kitchen

The wife walks in while I'm sipping on my coffee

She's got that dread look upon her face

She's knowing that I'll be heading out the door

She opened a container handing me cooked bacon

I got my fill, finished my coffee, now it's time to start the day

I got my big rig running and ready to travel to places

To pick up and drop off, through the week, foot on the floor

I'm an O.T.R. trucker about to see some country

Grabbed my duffle, slapped my hat on while winking at my honey

Oh, that's a mistake when she caught me outside the door

That wink wasn't good enough, my honey wanted more

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Please, baby, give me like you mean it kiss before you go

Please, baby, tell me from the bottom of your heart you love me

Please, baby, I know you gotta git on down the road

But please, baby hold and touch my body

Remember, I'll have every light in the house on, waiting

And I'll be keeping the home fires burning

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I promised her I'll keep it shiny side up and greasy side down

She smiles as I'm entering inside my eighteen-wheeler

She blows me a kiss as I'm driving off making my way onto the highway

I'm picking up my first load in Florida, heading straight for sweet home Alabama

I'm a truck driver out here on the road making a living

And if this big rig ain't turning, it ain't earning

And I never drive faster than my guardian angel can fly

Driving alongside regular folks, buster browns and cheese wagons

The weather is good, a partly cloudy sky

And I just passed a brother broke down being picked up by a dragon

Then I saw the most beautiful 1978 Trans Am, damn, what a beautiful bird

And then I got to thinking about my honey back home, what she said, word for word

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Please, baby, give me like you mean it kiss before you go

Please, baby, tell me from the bottom of your heart you love me

Please, baby, I know you gotta git on down the road

But please, baby hold and touch my body

Remember, I'll have every light in the house on, waiting

And I'll be keeping the home fires burning

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Now, from Montgomery heading with a load to Santa Fe

Up ahead it looks like I might be facing some nasty weather

The closer I get the darker it becomes, the sky is gray

Time to shift down and ride it a bit slower

Time marches on, the weather clears, dropped off the load, catching some z's

Come early morning, back at it again, carrying a load to Muskogee

Throughout the day it gets thick, the bears have grown

Breaker, breaker, you got your ears on

Bear in the air, Kojak with a Kodak, Smokeys are heavy, easy on the machine

Breaker, breaker, you got your ears on

Driving forward, hammer down, it's all clean and green

A few more runs, honey on my mind while sipping on caffeine

chorus

Please, baby, give me like you mean it kiss before you go

Please, baby, tell me from the bottom of your heart you love me

Please, baby, I know you gotta git on down the road

But please, baby hold and touch my body

Remember, I'll have every light in the house on, waiting

And I'll be keeping the home fires burning

pre-chorus

A truck driver's life never changes

Always shifting gears, switching lanes

And come early morning Monday

My honey always say

chorus

Please, baby, give me like you mean it kiss before you go

Please, baby, tell me from the bottom of your heart you love me

Please, baby, I know you gotta git on down the road

But please, baby hold and touch my body

Remember, I'll have every light in the house on, waiting

And I'll be keeping the home fires burning