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Smokestack Lady
Eighteen years in the Tennessee sun
Grew up fishing on the Cumberland
Little Joe, the youngest son
Slung a slingshot and a squirrel gun
Daddy ran 'shine 'neath the moonlight
Bowling Green to them Nashville nights
Little Joe learned riding shotgun
To keep your mouth shut till the job is done
Sixty-seven rolled around
Joe got the call and he headed on out
Across the ocean for the Vietnam
Gonna hit the coast running … gonna be a man
Jackie D meet Mary J
You're gonna do just what I say
Grab your gun and roll on out
Your first ramble gonna scream and shout
So tie a ribbon round the old oak tree
Tell my momma don't worry 'bout me
The weather's warm around Christmas time
I've got an M-16 and my boots are dry
I'm sitting up here like a cat in a tree
Waiting for Charlie, gonna set him free
Uncle Sam said I'm the man
Goodbye Charlie
Bengals on the ground, snakes in the trees
Tet comes a'gunning he don't know about me
Johnny's in the front Charlie's in the back
Tree comes a'crashing six days in the black
Open your eyes now Joe's done his time
Come back alive but he done left his mind
Uncle Sam said, 'Son thank you,
Lay down your guns 'cause we're through with you.'
Now I see the ribbon round the old oak tree
I told my momma don't worry 'bout me
The weather's warm around Christmas time
I've got an M-16 and my boots are dry
I'm sitting up here like a cat in a tree
Waiting for Charlie, gonna set him free
Uncle Sam said I'm the man
Goodbye Charlie
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Smokestack Lady 05:06
Smokestack Lady, why you gotta treat me so mean?
I've been running these roads up and down, L.A. to New Orleans
I gotta keep them wheels a rolling,
Rolling on down the line straight for you
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I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
Come on sweet daddy, you know I'd never treat you that way
I got a brand new dress and a pair a shoes and I'm waiting for the day
You come rolling on up over that hill with your smokestack flaming
And your big chrome grill smiling just for me
I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
Well I met me a voodoo woman, she said 'look me in the eye!
You got a good woman you truck driving fool slow down or you're gonna die.'
One more cup of coffee
One more puff on the old smokestack
I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
Roll on home daddy, lay that hammer down
The hounds are barking at my door and I really need your loving now
I got a shotgun kiss waiting for you
Two loving arms and whatever you want to
I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
Well I was born down in Texas, raised up in Tennessee
Been looking for a woman since the day I was born and baby you're the one for me
I gotta keep them wheels rolling
Rolling on down the line straight for you
I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
Come on smokestack daddy let that engine run
It's time to kick her in high gear and we're really gonna have some fun
Tick tack tick tack tickety tack
Get on back I got a brand new pair of shoes
I got them eighteen wheels long gone
Ain't seen my baby in too long
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin' back
Runaway freeway blues
I got them smokestack, hauling jack, switchback, kickin back
Runaway freeway blues
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