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