Well I quit my job making minimum wage
I look fairly well twice and act half my age
Im looking for somewhere that can handle the rage
Of a young man on the run
With rarely paid taxes and shitty insurance
And a glove box full of summons and warrants
And a finely-tuned wish that things were that werent
You could say I was lookin for fun
So I bought an 01 red Dodge Ram
Bought two pints of whiskey and a 30 of Hamms
Now Im peein in bottles and eatin from cans
But ya cant call me homeless, cause I live in a van
They call it…
Vanlife, I been told this
Its a fine life, Ive been sold this
But its a fine line between having to and choosin it
Lets roll up, lets blow this!
Well the 7-Eleven is a sure bellyache
I subsist on a mere wake-and-bake
Talledaga to Chicagos lakes
Ill take your largest queso
And all the girls from Chickamauga to Passamaquoddy
Speak enviously of my vans rusty body
And this old thing might just be a Bugatti
The way I get it from sixty to zero
Yeah Im sixty miles of Fargo on a northern track
Im burnin rubber, no lookin back
Pushin that thang like a maniac
I get tipped out like a stripper, in singles and crack
Man I wish someone would fund Amtrak
Instead its the…
Vanlife, I been told this
Its a fine life, Ive been sold this
But its a fine line between having to and choosin it
Lets roll up, lets blow this!
Well the south of San Louie can be a lil gritty
Its a far cry from Seattles tent cities
All in all lifes pretty pretty
From the Starship Enterprise
Still a guy with a house and a big old lawn
Thinks his blocks too good for me to park on
And bangs on my door with a letter that tells
About a thousand ways he can make my life hell
And hes worse than the guy who put a brick through my glass
Robbed me blind and siphoned the gas
At least I know that guy needed it bad
Oh I wish that old boy well
In the meantime a cop is bangin on my door
Tellin me I cant park here no more
And what can you do, friends, whaddaya say?
Gotta rev up the engine and drive away
Chalk it up to the…
Vanlife, I been told this
Its a fine life, Ive been sold this
But its a fine line between having to and choosin it
Lets roll up, lets blow this!
Its a sexy kinda lifestyle for certain folks
Fractal highways, friends like smoke
It all goes up and you end up alone
Its like the internet is your real home
Call of the wild, call of the road
The endless search for a clean commode
Im a trucker of emotive payloads
Backed up on guitar
Yeah Im a public park patron, library sleuth
Im a thrift store grifter of Western suits
Wringin out three chords and the truth
Like a washrag on the bar
Every time Im feeling down on my luck
Think I might trade it in for a coupla bucks
Heres some guy like Elon Musk
Talking about how were all gonna get cyber trucks
And I think, God
Life must be easy when youre one of these dang rich…
Gentlemen
And Im pretty sure that I prefer the…
Vanlife, I been told this
Its a fine life, Ive been sold this
But its a fine line between having to and choosin it
Lets roll up
Lets smoke er down
Its a big rig, new town
Its the same old night
The whole world over
Whole world over
Sittin sad and wonderin why
Meritocracys a lie
Oh lets blow this!