Story Behind The Song
My uncle was a truck driver & he came to see me while I was a traveling musician. He came to my hotel room with a flask of whiskey & started smoking cigarettes'& putting the ashes in the cuff of his pants. That got the bridge started & the story went from there.
Song Description
A song about a man who always wanted to be on the road, Driving trucks & cars fast
| Song Length |
4:10 |
Genre |
Country - Americana, Rock - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Cool, Troubled |
Subject |
Road, Trucks |
| Similar Artists |
Ry Cooder, Keb Mo |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Don't know when to quit
Now the sky don't look so clear, gets a little harder now to hear
Cold it chill you to the bone
& your clothes don't seem to fit cuz you don't know when to quit
Don't know when to quit
Hard to get up with the sun, now you walk where you used to run
& your memory starts to slip cuz you don't know when to quit
Don't know when to quit
Don't know when to quit (2x)
Now you're on the backend of the road, seen a lot of faces come & go
Got a whole lot more to give cuz you don't know when to quit
Don't know when to quit (4x)