Truck Drivin' Man

(album: Leaving It All Behind - 1969)

400 miles of open road
Back truck cab with a Jennied load
Awful life to pass
See the black smoke rolling back
30 fewer miles I have to go

Drinking black coffee and taking pills
I've got to stay awake through these hills
Downgrade up ahead
Don't brake try dirt instead
Stop again for fuel in Baton Rouge

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

And I got to know the waitress in that cafe
I honk my horn and watch to see her wave
I love her when I can
But I'm a truck driving man
The highway is the only home I know

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

And in two more hours I'll be home
Turn this rig around and out I go
Weight scales up ahead
If they stop us boy, we're dead
I've got 600 pounds of overload

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

I'm a truck driving man
That's what I am
Truck driving man

Man made a truck
Lord made a man
Lord made me a truck driving man
Truck-a truck-a truck-a truck-a truck-a truck-a truck-a driving man
That's what I am
Lord made me a truck driving man