FAWM: "I Don't Wanna Ride This Truck"

I Don't Wanna Ride This Truck

There is no demo for this song.

Liner Notes

Just being silly while I procrastinate "real work" (what's that?) and came across another line in my notebook I wanted to noodle around.

#lyricsonly #country #vehicular #truckstopnolove

Lyrics

I know you think you got one classy chassis
Been haulin' loads as long as you recall
Sometimes a body needs a body,
Highway's long and lonely,
But the body won't be this one after all

The road, at its best, is a series of ruts
You got four wheels but a faulty strut
One last kiss, then goodbye, good luck
I don't wanna ride this truck

I heard you thought we might be getting hitched
So I should hike on outta here, post haste
Our axles just keep spinning,
It's freedom we're both winning
Rolled down the window just to get a taste

The road, at its best, is a series of ruts
You got four wheels but a faulty strut
One last kiss, then goodbye, goodluck
I don't wanna ride this truck

BRIDGE
I'm wearing at the stress points
I'm begging you for grace
I can't go one more mile on how
You damn me with faint praise
Let's stop, you rest, and I'll go on ahead
I'm not your pit crew, sugar, so it's like I said:

The road, at its best, is a series of ruts
You got four wheels but a faulty strut
One last kiss, then goodbye, good luck
I don't wanna ride this truck

REPEAT CHORUS

...I'm gonna drive me home...

Comments

@danvaillancourt 2w

I love all of the clever lines and word play in this extended metaphor. You had me “classy chassis” and stayed for the entire ride. Hope this gets an audio version soon. 😃🎶🛻

@ambroise 2w

I needed an English-French dictionnary to search "strut ", the an French dictionnary to look for "jambe de force" or "entretoise".
Now "You got four wheels but a faulty strut " is my favorite line.
Lovely metaphor smelling of rust, engine oil, road dust and freedom.

@infilktion 2w

Love the singing about a relationship to a vehicle. Awesome. So many ways to take for a tune on this. Hope I get to hear it with one before fawm is over