[Verse 1] There's a thousand miles and eighteen hours I got to double drive down southbound 35 I got the hammer down, Detroit made 525 pushin' my a** right down that line [Refrain] And that smell of burnin' diesel fuel Just tells me that I'm back out on the road [Verse 2] I got a full grown creepin' up on my tail And I won't make bail in this small time jail, no, not 'round here I got the bird dog on, radio cranked Gear jammin', lane changin' son of a b**h, you bet ya, son [Refrain] And that smell of burnin' diesel fuel Just tells me that I'm back out on the road [Interlude] [Verse 3] Just left the jail with a hand full of pills And I won't quit till I hit the coop in Abilene I'm almost there there's just a few more miles I'll make the drop and I'll turn and burn, I'm out o' here [Refrain] And that smell of burnin' diesel fuel Just tells me that I'm back out on the road [Outro] And that smell of burnin' diesel fuel Just tells me that I'm back out on the road