Giddyup Go

Lyrics

Well, the highways that wind and wander over mountains and valleys, deserts and plains I guess I've drove about all of 'em 'Cause for the past twenty-five years now, the cab of a truck has been my home Well, it'd be, it'd be kinda hard for me to settle down and, and not be on the go Why, I remember the first truck I drove Lord, I was so proud I could hardly wait to get her home to show my wife and my little boy And my little boy was s-so excited, like when he saw his first snow Well, he wasn't quite old enough to say too many words H-he just kept hollerin', Giddyup go, giddyup go Daddy Well, so that's what I named the old truck Aw, y'know things wasn't too bad, 'course I was gone a lot And after about six years, I got home one day, and found my wife and my little boy gone And I couldn't find out what happened, nobody seemed to know So, from that day on, it's just been me and ol' Giddyup Go Oh, I've made a lotta friends at all the truck stops And some of them would kid me about my little sign Uh, 'course, they knew where I got the name, uh, 'cause I'd told 'em about that little boy of mine And how his first words about that old truck was, Giddyup go Well sir, today I was barrelin' down ol' 66 When up beside me pulled a brand-new diesel rig, both stacks are blowin' black coal And as he pulled around and-and back in front of me, well sir, a big lump ol' came in my throat And my eyes watered like I had a bad ol' cold A little sign on the back of the truck that read Giddyup Go Well, I pushed ol' Giddyup Go and stayed right on him Until the next truck stop where he had pulled up Well, I waited till he went in, and I offered to buy him a cup Well, we got to talkin' shop, and, and I said How did you come by the name on your truck, Giddyup Go? Well, he said, I got it from my pa Dad used to drive a truck, that's what Mom talked about a lot Y-you see, I lost Mom when I was just past sixteen And I lost all track of Pa 'Course, Mom said he, he got the name from me Well sir, I shook his hand and, and told him that I'd something I wanted him to see And I took him out to the ol' truck and brushed off some of the dirt so the name would show And his eyes got big and bright as he read Giddyup Go Aw, we had a lotta things to talk about, and buddy I felt like a king And now we've just pulled back out on ol' 66 And he's handled that big rig better than any gearjammer that I've ever seen Well sir, now the lines on the highway have a much brighter glow As we go roaring down that road And me starin' at the little sign that reads Giddyup Go