Song Description
Just a heart-felt, easy-listening song about hard-working, patriotic truck-drivers who do so much for their country,
| Song Length |
3:08 |
Genre |
Country - Bluegrass, Country - Americana |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Similar Artists |
Zac Brown |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
TRUCK-DRIVIN' MAN
CHORUS
I'm a patriotic, fun-lovin', hard-workin', truck-drivin' man.
Make my money shovin' rigs on the road; some folks say that my neck has a reddish tan.
I love my beer, my country, too, my truck, my girls,
and my hound dawgs, too.
But I don't like folks who think there're better than me and you.
I've traveled wide...throughout this land...
never found another better than...
A patriotic, fun-lovin', hard-workin', truck-drivin' man.
Solo
I've had my go at racin' cars, drivin' nails; workin' bars.
But, none.. fill the bill... or provide.... the thrill,
I get when ridin' on my eighteen wheels.
Verse 1
After fifteen years of grindin' gears, fightin' loads
and my wife's tears, finally got a rig now of my own.
It's got eighteen wheels of lifetime dreams ...
sleepless nights, and endless schemes: A semi* which my friends call "Trucker's Dream." (Sub Kenworth, etc)
Verse 2
I've had my share of greasy stew, lumpy grits, bad coffee, too.
It's surely not like what one gets back home.
And, drivin' down that road at night, fightin' sleep with all my might...
Another hundred miles behind before the mornin' light.
And, (Repeat Chorus)
A patriotic, fun-lovin', hard-workin', truck-drivin' man.
Truck-drivin' man.
Copyright, 1985
Eugene G. Gatwood