This 'Ol Wheel

Chorus:

This 'ol wheel keeps

On rollin' down the road

This 'ol wheel keeps

On rollin' down the road

Oh, gravel and dust fly up

Off of truck tires

Down a dirt road

In Nashville

In the summertime, in 1996

I was listenin'

To my dad and Johnny Cash

Doin' chain gang

And talkin' trash with Savannah

And smokin' cigarettes

But it wasn't that long

Till I tasted the salt of the sea

Cause she was still in love

With the guy she left for me so

She stood there cryin'

As I packed my pack

And I knew that I was lyin'

When I said that I'd be back

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Now fast forward

To about 2000 and 3

I'm standin' on the corner

Of Hollywood and Vine

Just a six string and me

And that capitol building

Lookin' up at that thing

Wonderin' when am I

Gonna get my chance to sing

But faced

With that kind of predicament

It'd be pretty hard

To, to get choked up

When every hero

I've had and every band

I had broke up

I'm invited to a party

And I just can't come cause

I know that once I'm in

I can't pull out till I'm done

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In my last nine to ten old

Ah Pook waltzed in

Put his slimy gun to my head

And said son this is the end

I said you better get back

I got an army of good friends

Who would follow me to hell

And I've done the same for them

Besides you're not going to destroy

What we've worked so hard to defend

We protect the things

We love just like our families did

We picked a long and winding road

And we'd do it again

We picked a dark horse

And we're gonna ride

It till the end

(Chorus)