[00:08.068] We've been doing this longer than you've been alive
[00:13.644] Propelled by some mysterious drive
[00:18.653] And they still let me do it as weird as that seems
[00:24.035] And I do it most nights and then again in my dreams
[00:29.568] Infinite hallways in giant hotels
[00:32.340] Dressing room looks about as good as it smells
[00:40.441] Bottles of whiskey and bottles of beer
[00:45.581] There's a bottle of medicine somewhere 'round here
[00:50.962] We've been in nightclubs and we've been in bars
[00:56.583] Honky tonks and theaters from Memphis to Mars
[01:02.161] Most of our shows were a triumph of rock
[01:04.579] Although some nights I might have been checking the clock
[01:12.571] I'm only human though I'm super at times
[01:17.921] I jump off of risers I should not have climbed
[01:23.628] Rock jumps won't kill you till one of 'em does
[01:28.697] Well they'll say, "He died doing what he loves"
[01:34.290] We got our share of loving in our past
[01:36.916] Although we were all looking for someone who'd last
[01:44.969] Well, it must be hard to get partnered with me
[01:50.519] Some narcissism, some OCD
[01:55.732] Well love that comes easy's a fake or a fluke
[02:01.249] Love is a marathon, sometimes you puke
[02:06.805] Speaking of which there has been alcohol
[02:09.346] Oceans and oceans, but that isn't all
[02:12.133] Mountains of weed, a handful of pills
[02:14.958] None of the hard stuff, that shit kills
[02:17.544] We've been doing it longer than you've been alive
[02:20.276] Twenty good years of about twenty-five
[02:25.745] Rock 'n' roll's been very very good to me
[02:30.968] The open road's the only place I wanna be
[02:37.123] Rock 'n' roll's been very very good to me
[02:41.515] The open road's the only place I wanna be
[02:49.384] I'm not crazy about songs that get self-referential
[02:55.172] And most of this stuff should be kept confidential
[03:00.546] Aw but who even gives half a **** anymore
[03:05.826] Well you should know the truth,
[03:06.884] it's both a blast and a bore
[03:11.283] Rock stars were once such mythical creatures
[03:14.479] Up there with Presidents, playmates and preachers
[03:22.144] Aw now you just do it cause it's what you do
[03:27.499] They throw underwear instead of money at you
[03:32.733] Now I've made a living out of shaking my ass
[03:38.619] And if you offer me an office
[03:38.844] I'd have to pass
[03:43.655] But our jobs are all jobs,
[03:44.973] and sometimes they suck
[03:46.607] I love what I do,
[03:47.596] and I've had pretty good luck
[03:54.792] All the fans are all clapping screaming and squealing
[03:59.773] And I won't lie to you, that's a pretty sweet feeling
[04:05.122] And I might butt heads with the guys in my band
[04:10.807] But I never once went to work for The Man
[04:16.084] The men and the woman like you have been hurt
[04:18.769] We're sharing this night that will soon be a blur
[04:21.406] We've been doing this longer than you've been alive
[04:24.044] Get on the bus,
[04:28.807] and tell the driver to dri-i-ive
[04:37.967] Rock 'n' roll's been very very good to me
[04:43.006] The open road's the only place I wanna be
[04:48.806] Rock 'n' roll's been very very good to me
[04:53.848] The open road's the only place I wanna be
[04:59.495] Rock 'n' roll's been very very good to me
[05:04.607] The open road's the only place I wanna be
[05:09.872] I said: The open road's the only place I wanna be