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 old black coal
in West Virginia
Georgia peaches in Georgia, yes siree
Oh, it's citrus fruit from Florida
Hardship traps in Baltimore,
but when I go you've got
a promise for me
Well, I've shifted gears for the last time
let me hide for the hill so I can see
Those big rigs rolling by
blowing black smoke to the sky
and let those wheels
Yeah, big wheels
Lord, 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
I've got to make some pay,
so it's driving 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
When I've shifted gears for the last time
Let me high up on the hill so I can see
Those big rigs rollin' by
blowin' black smoke to the sky
Let those wheels, those big wheels
Lord, 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, 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 -livin'
Not much a -gettin' but a
whole lot a -givin'
And when I'm through,
you've got to promise me
Now, when I've shifted gears
for me last time
Let me hop on a hill so I can see
Those big rigs rollin' by
Blowin' black smoke to the sky
Let those wheels, oh big wheels
Lordy, let them big wheels sink for me