It's time to go, I'm taking flight
From now on I travel light
I want to break and be remade
I want the truth that I try to evade

Go east or west, up or down
Two ways to live
You swim or you drown
So keep your fists up
Or get knocked out
Won't know you're hit
'Till you hear the ten count

Cause the road is a boxer
Swinging his right
A heavyweight champion
That I'm gonna fight
Toe to toe, eye to eye
I'm gonna grapple
With the muscle of life

So give me the road
Give me the road

I want to sing in a country bar
And get laid under a clear sky of stars
No turning back, keep straight ahead
I'll light my patch with a cigarette

Cause the road is a matchstick
That I'm gonna strike
And hold it up burning
Into the night
I need adventure, I need a spark
I'm now wasting my life in the dark

So give me the road
Give me the road