Well, I got this old gal rollin' on down the highway
And this sleeper cab is a home away from home for me
We've seen a million miles
And a lot of cute, pretty little come-on smiles
But tonight we're headed for Nashville, Tennessee
We've hauled that old black coal in West Virginia
Georgia peaches in Georgia, yes, sirree
Oh, it's citrus fruit from Florida
Hard shell crabs from Baltimore
But when I go, you've got to promise me
Well, I've shifted gears for the last time
Let me hide for the hell so I can see
Those big rigs rollin' by
Blowin' black smoke to the sky
And let those wheels, yeah, big wheels
Lordy, let them big wheels sing for me
Now all my time's been spent out on the highway
While Mom and the kids sit at home and wait for me
Oh, it's citrus fruit from Florida
I've got to make some pay
So it's drivin' night and day
But tonight we're headed for Nashville, Tennessee
We've hauled them longhorn steers way down in Texas
And in California, them big old redwood trees
It's lobster up in Maine
And wheat on the Kansas plain
But when I go, you've got to promise me
Well, I've shifted gears for the last time
Let me hide for the hell so I can see
Those big rigs rollin' by
Blowin' black smoke to the sky
And let those wheels, those big wheels
Lordy, let them big wheels sing for me
Now many times we've rolled through Minnesota
Montana, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, too
Well, Arizona's great
And so is the Bluegrass State
But tonight in Music City I'm a-bringin' it home to you
Loneliness has been my life's companion
I've spent more time with her than my family
It's a hard old life I'm a-living
Not much a-getting but a whole lot of giving
And when I'm through you've got to promise me
Now when I've shifted gears for the last time
Left me high up on a hill so I can see
Those big rigs rolling by
Flowing black smoke to the sky
Let those wheels, oh, big wheels
Lordy, let them big wheels sing for me