(Paul NelsonGene Nelson)

Charlie's got a gold watch

Don't seem like a whole lot

After thirty years of drivin'

Up and down the interstate

But Charlie's had a good life

And Charlie's got a good wife

And after tonight she'll no longer

Be countin' the days

Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses

Ten more miles on his four day run

A few more songs from the all night radio

Then he'll spend the rest of his life

With the one that he loves

They'll buy a Winnebago

Set out to find America

They'll do a lot of catchin' up

A little at a time

With pieces of the old dream

They're gonna light the old flame

Doin' what they please

Leavin' every other reason behind

Eighteen wheels and a dozen roses

Ten more miles on his four day run

A few more songs from the all night radio

Then he'll spend the rest of his life

With the one that he loves