"I'm Thankful" lyrics

I'm thankful for my family, I'm thankful for this life
My kids have grown up decent, due mostly to the wife
When you're on the trucks out on the road and away from home so much
This cracklin' old CB of mine has kept us all in touch

I'm thankful for the freedom, and I'm thankful for my friends
There's not too many good ones, but the good ones never bend
Been all over this ol' country, every road and every rut
And I'm thankful for this life of freedom, seen from this old truck

Black road, roll on forever, big wheels keep turnin' 'round
I'm close to God out on the road but I'm just truckin' 'round
So don't ever try to hobble me, or I'd wither like a weed
You know, highways are a pasture where a traveler has to feed

Oh, I'm thankful for the sunrise when the eastern sky's aglow
A thousand miles from nowhere, where the desert breezes blow
And the roarin' of the diesel sings its own homecomin' song
And I'm thankful for the wealth that waits for me back home

This big old iron horse of mine has muscles made of steel
There's diesel in those veins, and I know every sound and feel
I've been with trucks just all my life, a car I've never owned
A car to me's just a bicycle with fancy lights and chrome

Yeah, black road, roll on forever, big wheels keep turnin' 'round
I'm close to God out on the road but I'm just truckin' 'round
So don't ever try to hobble me or I'd wither like a weed
You know, highways are a pasture where a traveler has to feed, oh yeah

Black road, roll on forever