Lyrics Home To Houston - Steve Earle

Home To Houston

When I pulled out of Basra they all wished me luck
Just like they always did before
With a bulletproof screen on the hood of my truck
And a Bradley on my back door
And I wound her up and shifted her down
And I offered this prayer to my lord
I said???
God get me back home to Houston alive
and I won???
t drive a truck anymore???
Early in the mornin???
and I???
m rollin???
fast
Haulin???
nine thousand gallons of high test gas
Sergeant on the radio hollerin???
at me Look out up ahead here come a R.P.G.
If I ever get home to Houston alive
Then I won???
t drive a truck anymore
I???
ve driven the big rigs for all of my life
And my radio handle???
s ???Train???
Down steep mountain roads on the darkest of nights
I had ice water in my veins
And I come over here???
cause I just didn???
t care
Now I???
m older and wiser by far
If I ever get home to Houston alive
Then I won???
t drive a truck anymore
Great God A???
mighty what was wrong with me I know the money???
s good but buddy can???
t you see
You can???
t take it with you and that ain???
t no lie
I don???
t wanna let???
em get me I???
m too young to die
If I ever get home to Houston alive
Then I won???
t drive a truck anymore