Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues Songtext
von Bill Monroe

Lonesome truck driver blues
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
Leave me with a weary 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
Lonesome truck driver blues


Lonesome truck driver blues
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
I can't keep her off of my mind
Lonesome truck driver blues

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
Lonesome truck driver blues

Lonesome truck driver blues
I ain't sailing no ship alone
For my baby waiting for me at home
Lonesome truck driver blues

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 no more
Lonesome truck driver blues


Lonesome truck driver blues
With the road up ahead and my baby behind
Over the hills of being for your grind
Lonesome truck driver blues
Lonesome truck driver blues