As the miles pass by
I look down at your pictures and want to cry
When I talk to you on the phone 
All I can think about is coming home
But that's the price I pay out here on the lonesome road 
It's hard to explain that daddy has a job to do
I have to deliver this freight on time so I can send money to you 
But that's the price I pay out here on this lonesome road 
When you grow up you will understand
That this is the kind of man that I am 
But that's the price I pay out here in this lonesome road
Sorry I have missed a lot of you growing up 
When I get in maybe I can make it up
But that's the price I pay out here on this lonesome road.