Freightliner Fever lyrics

I drive a big Freightliner, and I make the last payment today
And I drive to all points outta New York City to L.A
Well, the little woman smiles when I pack up to leave her
I'll soon be back, but I just got the fever
She's a believer
I got the Freightliner fever

There's a railroad a-runnin' by the highway out in Santa Fe
And I passed an old freight train a-makin' his run the other day
Merle Haggard said to his fireman, so pale
He's a-blowin' this-a freight train off of the rail
He got the fever (Fever)
He's got the Freightliner fever

Webb Pierce said, "Red, what you carryin' in that cigarette pack?"
I said, "I got my second driver, and he's gonna drive all the way back"
It's a big black pill, so long and round
To a driver it's a West Coast Turnaround
It's for the fever (Fever)
The ol' Freightliner fever

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Well, I passed Dave Dudley up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
And I passed Del Reeves down in Shreveport, Louisiana
di*k Curtis got a-hung on a hill up in Maine
I pulled him on over with my forty-foot chain
He got the fever (Fever)
He's got the Freightliner fever
I been a-passin' everything from a Jimmy to a Greyhound bus
I'm gonna spend a few days out on the West Coast to end-a my run
An old giddy-up-go, and a little bit of luck
I'm gonna pass Red Simpson in his runaway truck
He's got the fever (Fever)
He's got the Freightliner fever

Well, Pierce said, "Red, what you carryin' in that cigarette pack?"
I said, "I got my second driver and he's gonna drive all the way back"
It's a big black pill, so long and round
To a driver, it's a West Coast Turnaround
It's for the fever (Fever)
That ol' Freightliner fever

Aw, out on this road you pass a lotta them old country boys
I seen Carl Smith, Charley Pride
Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe
Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings
Seen Dave Dudley, George Jones
Porter Wagoner, Bill Anderson
Faron Young, Stonewall Jackson
Roy Acuff