C.w. Mccall - Convoy Lyrics
(c.w. mccall, b. fries, c. davis)[on the cb]Ah, breaker one-nine, this heres the rubber duck. you gotta copy on me, pig pen, cmon? ah, yeah, 10-4, pig pen, fer shure, fer shure. by golly, its clean clear to flag town, cmon. yeah, thatBig 10-4 there, pig pen, yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy. mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy...Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of juneIn a kenworth pullin logsCab-over pete with a reefer onAnd a jimmy haulin hogsWe is headin for bear on i-one-ohbout a mile outta shaky townI says, pig pen, this heres the rubber duck.And Im about to put the hammer down.[chorus]cause we got a little convoyRockin through the night.Yeah, we got a little convoy,Aint she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAint nothin gonna get in our way.We gonna roll this truckin convoycross the u-s-a.Convoy![on the cb]Ah, breaker, pig pen, this heres the duck. and, you wanna back off them hogs? yeah, 10-4, bout five mile or so. ten, roger. them hogs is gettin in-tense up here.By the time we got into tulsa town,We had eighty-five trucks in all.But theys a roadblock up on the cloverleaf,And them bears was wall-to-wall.Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper;They even had a bear in the air!I says, callin all trucks, this heres the duck.We about to go a-huntin bear.[chorus]cause we got a great big convoyRockin through the night.Yeah, we got a great big convoy,Aint she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAint nothin gonna get in our way.We gonna roll this truckin convoycross the u-s-a.Convoy![on the cb]Ah, you wanna give me a 10-9 on that, pig pen? negatory, pig pen; youre still too close. yeah, them hogs is startin to close up my sinuses. mercy sakes, you better back off another ten.Well, we rolled up interstate 44Like a rocket sled on rails.We tore up all of our swindle sheets,And left em settin on the scales.By the time we hit that chi-town,Them bears was a-gettin smart:Theyd brought up some reinforcementsFrom the illinoise national guard.Theres armored cars, and tanks, and jeeps,And rigs of evry size.Yeah, them chicken coops was fulla bearsAnd choppers filled the skies.Well, we shot the line and we went for brokeWith a thousand screamin trucksAn eleven long-haired friends a jesusIn a chartreuse micra-bus.[on the cb]Ah, rubber duck to sodbuster, come over. yeah, 10-4, sodbuster? lissen, you wanna put that micra-bus right behind that suicide jockey? yeah, hes haulin dynamite, and he needs all the help he cT.Well, we laid a strip for the jersey shoreAnd prepared to cross the lineI could see the bridge was lined with bearsBut I didnt have a dog-goned dime.I says, pig pen, this heres the rubber duck.We just aint a-gonna pay no toll.So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eightI says let them truckers roll, 10-4.[chorus]cause we got a mighty convoyRockin through the night.Yeah, we got a mighty convoy,Aint she a beautiful sight?Come on and join our convoyAint nothin gonna get in our way.We gonna roll this truckin convoycross the u-s-a.Convoy! ah, 10-4, pig pen, whats your twenty?Convoy! omaha? well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there fer shure. well, mercyConvoy! sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep the bugs off your glass and the bears off your...Convoy! tail. well catch you on the flip-flop. this heres the rubber duck on the side.Convoy! we gone. bye,bye.
