Giddy-Up-Go lyrics

The highways that wind and wander over mountains and valleys and deserts and plains
I guess I've drove about all of 'em
'Cause for the past twenty-five years now the cab of a truck has been my home
And it'd be kinda hard for me to settle down and not be on the go

Why, I remember the first truck I drove
I was so proud I could hardly wait to get home to show my wife and little boy
And my little boy was so excited, like when he saw his first snow
He wasn't old enough to say too many words
He just kept a-hollerin', Giddy-up go, Daddy, giddy-up go
So that's what I named the old truck: Giddy-up Go

Aw, things wasn't too bad
'Course, I was gone an awful lot
And then after about six years of being in and out
I got home one day and found my wife and little boy gone
And I couldn't find out what happened, nobody seemed to know
So, from that day on, it's just been me and ol' Giddyup Go

Oh, I've made a lotta friends at all the truck stops
And some of 'em would kid me about my little sign
'Course, they knew where I'd got the name
'Cause I'd told 'em about that little boy of mine
And how his first word about the truck was, Giddyup go

Well, today I was barrelin' down ol' 66
When up beside me pulled a brand-new diesel rig, both stacks blowin' black coal
And as he pulled around and back in front of me, a big lump came in my throat
And my eyes watered like I had a bad ol' cold
A little sign on the back of the truck that read Giddyup Go
Well, I pushed ol' Giddyup and stayed right on him
Till the next truck stop where he'd pulled up
And I waited till he went in, and I offered to buy him a cup

Well, we got to talkin' shop, and I said
How did you come by the name on your truck, Giddyup Go?
Well, he said, I got it from my pop
Dad used to drive a truck, that's what Mom talked about a lot
You see, I lost Mom when I was just past sixteen
And I lost all track of Pop
Mom said he got the name from me

Well, I shook his hand and told him that I had something I wanted him to see
And I took him out to the old truck
And brushed off some of the dirt so the name would show
And his eyes got big and bright as he read Giddyup Go

Oh, we had a lotta things to talk about, and buddy I felt like a king
And now we've just pulled back on ol' 66
And he handled that rig better than any gearjammer that I'd ever seen

Well, now the lines on the highway have got a much brighter glow
As we go roarin' down the road
And me starin' at that little sign that reads Giddyup Go