The alarm starts buzzing about 4AM
Time for me to get out on the road again
Got a pretty young lady laying in my bed
She rolls over to me and says
Will you stay with me awhile

I said I'd love to baby but I gotta go
It's a long haul trucking down the open road
But I'll be thinking about you over miles and miles
Your long blonde hair and your smile
But I can't stay with you right now

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While I'm gone
Don't you worry about me
It seems so long
But honey that is just life
I'll be home in a blink of your green eyes
And I will stay with you awhile
 
I've driven 700 miles from the Tennessee River
This pain in my heart is growing bigger and bigger
Dreaming about that woman that I left back home
She's the flesh of my flesh and the bone of my bone
And I just want to see her smile
 
About a mile out from Reno I stopped for the night
Just to give her a call and see if she was alright
She was headed for the bed where I want to be
Then she told me she loved me and she told me she missed me
And then she said goodnight

(Chorus)
While I'm gone
Don't you worry about me
It seems so long
But honey that is just life
I'll be home in a blink of your green eyes
And I will stay with you awhile

Seven miles from Alabama on I-65 
I can hardly control these emotions inside
30 more minutes and I'll be home
To the flesh of my flesh and the bone of my bone
And I can't wait to see her smile

She was waiting at the door when I got home
In a pretty red apron and nothing else on
We looked at each other and we both laughed
And I gave her a kiss and said it's good to be back
And I will stay with you awhile

(Chorus)
While I'm gone
Don't you worry about me
It seems so long
But honey that is just life
I'll be home in a blink of your green eyes
And I will stay with you awhile