Idaho Red

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Listen to a story of a travelin' man He has a reputation all across the land With a Freuhauf special on a GMC He can haul a bigger load than the Robert E. Lee [Chorus] Idaho Red! Wheelin' and a-dealin'! Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock! Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop [Verse 2] He takes a load of oranges at the Frisco dock And he gets to Sacramento about five o'clock The motor starts a' hummin', dollars past her bust And he shags it out for Denver in a cloud of dust (It's Reno, Lovelock, Winnemucka, Battle Mountain, Elko, Wells, and Salt Lake, too! He throws a burned out flivver into Steamboat Springs And he sets her down in Denver when the curfew rings!) [Chorus] Idaho Red! Wheelin' and a-dealin'! Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock! Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop [Verse 3] He has a little session with the dice and cards And he gets another load at the Denver yards He heads for Kansas City and for old St. Lou 'Cause has a little date with a gal in old Mizoo (It's Limon, Russell, Salina, Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka, and old KC At Booneville and Columbia he's a-rollin' freight, and he makes the Mississippi at a quarter to eight!) [Chorus] Idaho Red! Wheelin' and a-dealin'! Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock! Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop [Verse 4] He goes to Indianapolis for a brand new load He checks her at Columbus, and he hits the road His final destination is the eastern shore But he's bound to stay a day or two in Baltimore (It's Zanesville, Cambridge, Wheeling, Uniontown, Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Frederick, too When he gets to Wilmington he's feeling fine 'Cause he know Atlantic City is the end of the line) [Chorus] Idaho Red! Wheelin' and a-dealin'! Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock! Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop