Mama Hated Diesels

Lyrics

Mama hated diesels so bad I guess I knew it was somethin' to do with Dad The first I ever seen her cry Was after one-a them things went by Mama hated diesels so bad I remember hearin' those semis gearin' down My mom and me, we lived right on the high grade into town Well, I sure liked them White freight-liners But there was somethin' in Mama's eye When she'd catch me watchin' the road Lord, a little bitty piece of her died Mama hated diesels so bad I guess I knew it was somethin' to do with Dad The first I ever seen her cry Was after one-a them things went by Mama hated diesels so bad As the years passed, and I grew older Mama did too Pretty soon she stopped singin' and laughin' Why, she'd hardly even eat And I began stayin' away from home on the weekdays I wouldn't come home from school till way past dark I was too busy havin' some kinda fun Either messin' around with some gal, or Hangin' around the local truck stop Talkin' with my buddies about all the big rigs That were all the time rolling in And talkin' about all the crazy places we never been Like California Well, one day the county sheriff come up to me He said they'd found my mama wanderin' all by herself In the middle of the highway, cryin' She was tryin', of all things, Lord, to Flag down one-a them great big old rigs with a pocket handkerchief Well, that left me on my own I got a job unloadin' rigs down at the local freight-yard Pretty soon I had a rig of my own And I left my hometown on my very first run to Frisco Well, that was three years ago today And I ain't been back home in all that time Since then, till now Now it's me and the local preacher Standin' in the graveyard grass Starin' down at the highway Watchin' those big boys pass Well, he laid his hand upon me And he prayed for quite some time But I could barely understand the words he said Behind that highway's whine Then he handed me a faded photograph He said he'd found it in my mama's hand He said, Son, I'm afraid that you, and this picture Was the best your mama ever had Well, I looked down at that picture It was Mama and some guy Standin' in front of a semi-truck "Just Married" painted on the side Mama hated diesels so bad I guess I knew it was somethin' to do with Dad The first I ever seen her cry Was after one-a them things went by Mama hated diesels so bad Mama hated diesels so bad