Crank The Motor, Shift Them Gears Rock version
Trucker's lament about the monotony of life on the run.... Music Tommy Liden. Sung by Bennie Hult
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Story behind the song
Trucker's song. Music Tommy Liden. Sung by Bennie Hult
Lyrics
VERSE 1:
My life can be measured out in coffee cups
I've hit every greasy spoon in the land
Too many times I see the sun coming up
While I drive with a tired, unsteady hand
VERSE 2:
A trucker's life has a certain sameness
Down a hill, in Georgia overdrive
Makin' friends, most of them are nameless
Cause I got no time to stay and socialize
CHORUS:
Crank the motor, shift them gears
Got four hundred miles to make before it’s dawn
Drop the toll in, coast is clear
No sooner do I get there, than I am trucking on
An’ I’m gone-gone-gone yeah I’m gone-gone-gone.
VERSE 3:
Met a sweet waitress in a mid Texas town.
Poured up my coffee with a dazzlin’ smile
The night we reached a little foolin’ around
I confessed that I'd be gone for quite a while.
CHORUS: repeat
BRIDGE:
People wonder
Why I do what I do
Since I'm cursin' and fussin' all day
It might seem foolish
But I promise it's true
It's all I know 'til I'gn find another way
CHORUS: repeat
