Record Database -- Prisoner Of The Highway

Prisoner Of The Highway

Red Boot Star 1276

ID: 702

Instrumental

Type

Singing Call

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Vic's Rating

5 (excellent)

Bpm

130

Duration

3:41

Media

45 rpm vinyl

Artist(s)

Evan Pauley (picture)

recordings by Evan Pauley

Evan Pauley

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Cue Sheet

OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER Basic: 4 ladies chain, you'll turn your lady
You'll roll away and circle left
4 ladies roll away, you'll circle round now
Left allemande, weave that ring
*There won't be no sleep for me tonight
Well, you'll swing the lady round, promenade tonight
Call me the prisoner of the highway
Imprisoned by the freedom of the road
FIGURE (twice for heads, twice for sides) Basic, corner progression: Head couples promenade go halfway around now
Walk in and square thru go 4
Ah, go all the way, then a right & left thru I say
Veer to the left and ferris wheel
Square thru you go 3/4 round
Well you'll swing the corner lady, promenade around
Call me the prisoner of the highway
Imprisoned by the freedom of the road
TAG: Imprisoned by the freedom of the road
ALTERNATE LYRICS: *Some people work just to survive

Lyrics

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Prisoner Of The Highway

Lyrics ID: 1436

Diesel powers 18 wheels to rollin'
As I pull it on to the Interstate.

I've got thirteen hours to make my destination
And I don't want to stop to check my weight
There won't be no sleep for me tonight
No, I've got to be hittin' Tulsa by first morning light.

Chorus:
I'm a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road.

I've run freight out of Wheeling, West Virgina
And US Steel from Memphis
I've rode tobacco out of the Carolina's
California wines into Burmingham
Some people work just to survive, yeah
But up here in this cab that's when I'm most alive.

I'm a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road.

Got a wife living back in Tennessee
And she tries to understand the way I feel
I could give my hands to another line of work
But my heart would always be behind the wheel.

Call me a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
I'm a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road.

Don't you know I'm a prisoner of the highway
Driven on by my restless soul
Call me a prisoner of the highway
Prison by the freedom of the road...

Lyrics by Mike Reid.
Recorded by Ronnie Milsap.

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Handle List

1482  4 (number)
 622  Ladies Chain (fract)  [Basic]
 880  Rollaway (With A Half Sashay)  [Basic]
1503  Circle (Left|Right)  [Basic]
1473  Left DIRECTION
1436  Girl(s) IDENTIFIER
 880  Rollaway (With A Half Sashay)  [Basic]
1503  Circle (Left|Right)  [Basic]
1473  Left DIRECTION
1429  Allemande Left  [Basic]
1276  Weave The Ring  [Basic]
1463  Swing (Your Partner|Corner)  [Basic]
1430  Promenade Home  [Basic]
1431  Head(s) IDENTIFIER
 782  Promenade (fract)  [Basic]
1488  1/2 (fraction)
1505  Step Ahead
1058  Square Thru (n)  [Basic]
1482  4 (number)
 865  Right & Left Thru  [Basic]
1261  Veer (Right|Left)  [Basic]
1473  Left DIRECTION
 486  Ferris Wheel  [Basic]
1058  Square Thru (n)  [Basic]
1481  3 (number)
1463  Swing (Your Partner|Corner)  [Basic]
1430  Promenade Home  [Basic]