Well, I caught a taxi in the old Smoky Mountains,
I had to get to the airport, before ten o'clock
Had to check out of my funky motel room
And the nearest bus station was a ten mile walk
Well, the taxi cab pulled up and the driver stepped out
She wore a pink shirt with black slacks and some cheap perfume
There were holes in her smile and she talked kinda raspy
And she was shaped like the sister of "Earthquake McGoon"
Well the sunrise was hazy and my suitcase was heavy
And she lit up a smoke while my shoulder bags sagged
She said "I'll take you as far as the Hickory Airport
But I'm ain?t gettin' paid to carry your bags"
I took a two hour taxi through North Carolina,
I heard more bluegrass music, than I wanted to hear
And the big lady driver, she had a tattoo of Jesus
Said "let the lord bless you and keep you my dear"
Said "let the lord bless you and keep you my dear"
The cab smelled like menthols and the floorboards were dirty