Trucking Man

Story ID:	2329
Written by:	Bobby O'neill Mitchum (bio, contact, other stories)
Story type:	Poem
Location:	Phenix City Alabama U.S.A.
Year:	2007
Person:	SELF

I drive an eighteen wheeler
i am a truck driving man
my life is on the highways
that run throughout this land.

Now those old eighteen wheels
they sing a lonely song
when you're driving down a highway
a thousand miles from home.

I see a pretty lady there
standing by the road side
just holding out her thumb
and begging for a ride.

And tonight i'll sleep in a motel
but i wont sleep alone
and tomorrow before sun up
i'll be on the road and gone.

And if that old black dog dont get me
and i keep my log books stright
maybe one day i'll get lucky
and truck on through those pearly gates.