Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket never let it slip away Always be a man not a boy gone astray, astray When you get half crazy from the August heat or on a frozen Rotted road, with no one to complain to about your achin' feet You're gonna walk that endless highway Walk that highway till you die All you children goin' my way Better tell your home life sweet goodbye When I see a detour up ahead I leave it far behind Who knows what you're apt to find there With the cost of livin', and the price of dying' Look like to me this time I won't be buyin' You're gonna walk that endless highway Walk that highway till you die All you children goin' my way Better tell your home life sweet goodbye When they get a scapegoat by the throat It's hard labor and cold beans if you get away You'll be eatin' from the poison peanut machine I sing by night, wander by day I'm on the road and it looks like I'm here to stay You're gonna walk that endless highway Walk that highway till you die All you children goin' my way Better tell your home life sweet goodbye Goodbye Better tell your home life sweet goodbye