Hello, I'm A Truck (Rerecorded)

Hello, I'm a truck

You've heard songs about truck drivers many times, their stories told

How they pulled out of Pittsburgh for six days on the road

'Bout that Feather River Canyon and climbin' that old grapevine

That old roadhouse down in Texas and the girls they've left behind

You've heard their tales of daring, but I think that's just fine

But if you can spare a minute, well, I'd like to tell you mine

There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks

No double-clutching, gear-jamming, coffee-drinking nuts

They drive their way to glory, and they have all the luck

There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks

Well, there he sits in that café drinking coffee and telling lies

Probably telling 'bout that hill we talked 'bout ten miles back

Or telling 'em how he missed a gear and that Volkswagen bus full of hippies

Passed us like I was sitting up on jacks or how he missed that curve over on 66

Hadn't been for me hanging on the shoulder, we'd both wound up in the ditch

If we're on time, he takes the credit, if we're late, I get the blame

Up those hills with shutters open, my stacks are running flame

My tackle running red light and sucking diesel from the tanks

Well, I've taken him south, and I'll bring him back without a word of thanks

Well, now you've heard my story and I guess it's my tough luck

There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks

There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks

No double-clutching, gear-jamming, coffee-drinking nuts

They drive their way to glory, and they have all the luck

There'd be no truck drivers if it wasn't for us trucks

Look at him sipping coffee and flirtin' with that waitress

And where do you think he left me? That's right, next to a cattle truck

Why couldn't he put me over next to that little pink Mack?

Gosh, she's got pretty mud flaps and talk about stacked

They're both chromed

Well, he'll be coming out in a minute, and he'll get that bar

And he'll go around and beat on my tires

You know, for two pints of diesel, I'd have a flat on the inside dual