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Introduction: D
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I was sitting in the terminal waiting for my load
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When a greenhorn driver came in off of the road
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I heard him tell that foreman, "Get my little pink slip.
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This run's too tough and I'm gonna quit."
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Now, the foreman that day happened to be old Joe
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Man, he was older than time
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He said, "Son, how long you been driving this rig?
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You know, I drove all shapes, forms, fashions and kinds,
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Here you are, worried about this one little trip.
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Why, I drove a million miles and then some."
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He looked that greenhorn right in the eye and he said,
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"Boy, there ain't no easy run"
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I drove for Roadway, Interstate, Hopewell, Great Lakes
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Overnite and Time, Mayflower and Freight Line
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Spectre, Yellow Transit, Western Gillette
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Red Ball, Ryder, Northwestern, Big CF
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Beaver and Bell, Hoover & McLean's
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Gateway Motor Freight, Transport, Vikings
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Dixie, Ohio, and Trans American some
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East Texas, Mason Dixon, Watkins and Transcon
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Wilson, Associate, got all that driving done
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And I'll tell you, boy, there ain't no easy run
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"Now, if you got a gal in Texas, they'll send you up to Maine
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If you got a gal in New York, they'll send you out to the plains
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I know what your problem is: you got woman trouble, son
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But, like I said, there ain't no easy run"
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I drove for Navajo, Brady, Goose, DC
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North American, Allied, Chicago Motor Freight and Pie
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Beemac and Curtis, Eastern and NX
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Garrett and Ace, Federal and E.T.M.
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And Neptune, Heron, Brinks and Sea Lab
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There's Dudley, Dorsey, Bekins and Cunningham
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Cooper, McCrory, Jones and American too
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Acme and Central and Standard and Boston Sue
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And Yunhan and Buckingham, got all that drivin' done
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And I'll tell you, boy, there ain't no easy run
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I went backward, forward, uphill, downhill
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Chills, spills, thrills and pills
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And how about Atlas & Cramer
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Alabama, Hiway Express, Murphy Line
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And Long, and Harris, and General, Strickland, Eden & Key
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How about Detroit on a Friday afternoon
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That's something else too
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And Atlantic, Daily, McRae, Wheeling, Rockwell, Gilbert
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And there ain't no easy run, son