Lyrics
Take a silver dollar and put it in your pocket
Emphasizes the value of a silver dollar, symbolizing wealth and stability.
Never let it slip away
Encourages holding onto financial security and not letting it slip away.
Always be a man, not a boy gone astray
Advocates maturity and responsibility, choosing to be a man rather than a wayward boy.
When ya get half crazy from the August heat
Describes the challenges of enduring extreme heat and its potential impact on mental state.
Or on a frozen, rotted road
Contrasts extreme conditions, mentioning a frozen, difficult path with no one to complain to.
With no one to complain to about your achin' feet
Highlights the loneliness of the journey and the physical toll on the feet.
You're gonna walk that endless highway
Introduces the theme of walking the endless highway, suggesting a lifelong journey.
Walk that highway till you die
Expresses commitment to persist on the highway until death.
All you children goin' my way
Addresses fellow travelers, urging them to join the speaker's path.
Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye
Advises those following to bid farewell to their comfortable home lives.
When I see a detour up ahead
Acknowledges detours in life but chooses to leave them behind.
Well, I leave it far behind
Emphasizes moving forward without dwelling on uncertainties.
Who knows what you're apt to find there
Reflects on the unpredictability of life's journey and the potential discoveries ahead.
With the cost of livin', and the price of dyin'
Comments on the challenges of living and the inevitability of death.
Well it look like to me this time I won't be buyin'
Suggests a refusal to succumb to the high cost of living and the price of dying.
You're gonna walk that endless highway
Reiterates the commitment to walking the endless highway despite challenges.
Walk that highway till you die
Restates the determination to continue on the highway until death.
All you children goin' my way
Encourages others to join the speaker on the same path.
Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye
Advises those following to say goodbye to their home lives.
When they get a scapegoat by the throat
Describes the harsh treatment of a scapegoat, involving hard labor and meager sustenance.
It's hard labor and cold beans
Continues the theme of challenging circumstances and deprivation.
If ya get away real quick
Suggests the possibility of escaping hardship quickly.
You'll be eatin' from the poison peanut machine
Warns of potential dangers, likening quick escapes to consuming poisoned peanuts.
Well, I sing by night, wander by day
Reveals the speaker's dual life of singing at night and wandering during the day.
I'm on the road and it looks like I'm here to stay
Expresses a commitment to a nomadic lifestyle, implying a sense of permanence on the road.
You're gonna walk that endless highway, endless highway
Reaffirms the theme of walking the endless highway with a sense of determination.
Walk that highway till you die
Restates the commitment to persist on the highway until death.
All you children goin' my way, goin' my way
Encourages others to join the speaker on the same path.
Better tell your home-life sweet goodbye
Reiterates the advice to say goodbye to the comforts of home life.
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