"This Ol' Wheel" lyrics - SHOOTER JENNINGS

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

This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road
This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road

Now fast forward to about 2003
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 has died 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

This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road
This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road

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"

This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road
This ol' wheel keeps on rollin' down the road