When I pulled Big Mac into the yard today
They told me old Joe was dead
But you know, he was once a hell of a driver
And I remember what old Joe said
I'm not a truck-driving man anymore
They claim I'm too old
And now I sweep them off the floors
They say that younger drivers
Aren't prone to have a wreck
But I pushed a rig for 30 years
And never had a scrape
But it won't be long for me to wait
I'll drive my truck through heaven's golden gates
With those angels riding with me
We'll make that engine sigh
One diesel smoke on a highway in the sky
I've made the haul from Boston to Frisco on the bay
Hot detours and I've been polite each mile of the way
Been a midwife to a stranger
Brought new life to this land
But now they say old Joe's too old to be a driving man
But it won't be long for me to wait
I'll drive my truck through heaven's golden gates
With those angels riding with me
We'll make that engine sigh
One diesel smoke on a highway in the sky
I'll drive my truck through heaven's golden gates


One diesel smoke on a highway in the sky
Then one day he said,
Johnny, ya know sometimes at night
I sit and watch those Big Mac's rollin' by
Boy, it's hard not to turn my head
Because it makes me wanna cry
I know that I'm not gonna drive again
But worship's not a sin
Cause I know that soon I'll be up there
With my old truck-drivin' friends
Then I'm not gonna drive just so long
program
For me to wait
I'll drive my truck
Through heaven's golden gates
With those angels driving with me
We'll make that engine sigh
Blowing decent smoke
On the highway in the sky
I'll be blowing decent smoke
On the highway in the sky
On the highway in the sky