Knights Of The Road

Set out from Carlisle with the sun beside him

Sinking low across an empty field

Old moon a-rising, the first lone star a-shining

Shadows rolling down the lonely hills

Run down by Lichfield and the rain it started pouring

Water flowing up along the road

Listen to the rumble of the ten big wheels a-turning

Listen for the shifting of the load.

Knights of the road, riders of the highways

Hauling the load, making it the hard way

Miles crack on by and he sang with his engines

Old tunes like "Kisses sweeter than wine"

Dreaming of the girl he'd be lying with at sunrise

Another lonely milestone passed him by

Knights of the road, riders of the highways

Hauling the load, making it the hard way

Lightning it crashed and he never saw it coming

They found him with his hands still at the wheel

Just another poor boy trying to keep 'em running

He died lugging 30 tons of steel

Knights of the road, riders of the highways

Making it the hard way