I leave Pittsburgh with a load of steel
Nobody knows just how I feel
With the road up ahead and my baby behind

Keep me drivin' with a worried mind

Lonesome Truck Driver Blues

Lonesome Truck Driver Blues
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Keep me drivin' with a worried mind

Lonesome truck driver blues

If you load too light you can't make a dime

If you load to heavy then you get a fine
Look at 'em lined up down the road
Guess I'd better dump my load


Well it's coffee cakes and pork and beans
Black eyed peas and turnip greens

Turn on my radio one time more
Hear Ernest Tubb a walkin' the floor


Oh the motor's purrin' I'm makin' time
Takin' me back to that baby of mine
She'll be purrin' like a kitten when I walk in the door

The truck driver blues I won't sing anymore