C.W. McCall: Convoy | Song-Factsheet

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Song «Convoy» von C.W. McCall.

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Veröffentlichungsdaten: 1975 09 19 (Album), 1975 11 (Single)
Label: MGM M3G 5008, MGM M 14839
Songwriter Chip Davis & Bill Fries
Produktion: Chip Davis & Don Sears
Genre: Country - Countrypop - Truck-Driving-Country

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C.W. McCall
Chip Davis
Bill Fries
Chip Davis
Don Sears

Lyrics

[CB Radio Chatter] Yeah, breaker one-nine This here's the Rubber Duck You got a copy on me Pig Pen, c'mon? Uh, yeah, Ten-Four Pig Pen, fer sure, fer sure By golly it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon Yeah, its a big Ten-Four there, Pig Pen Yeah, we definitely got the front door, Good Buddy Mercy sakes alive, looks like we've got us a convoy [Verse 1] It was the dark of the moon On the sixth of June In a Kenworth, pullin' logs Cabover Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs We was headin' for bear On 'I-1-0 'Bout a mile out Shakey Town I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck And I'm about to put the hammer down [Chorus] 'Cause we got a little 'ole convoy Rockin' through the night Yeah, we got a little 'ole convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight C'mon and join our Convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA Convoy Convoy [CB Radio Chatter] Yeah, breaker Pig Pen this here's the Duck And uh, you wanna back off them hogs Uh, ten-four 'bout five mile or so Ten-Roger them hogs is gettin' intense up here [Verse 2] By the time we got into Tulsa Town We had eighty-five trucks in all But they's a road block up on the clover leaf And them bears was wall to wall Yeah, them smokies was thick as bugs on a bumper They even had a bear in the air I says, callin' all trucks This here's the Duck We about to go a huntin' bear [Chorus] 'Cause we got a great big convoy Rockin' through the night Yeah, we got a great big convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight C'mon and join our Convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA Convoy Convoy [CB Radio Chatter] Uh, you wanna give me a ten-nine on that Pig Pen Uh, negatory Pig Pen you're still too close Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses Mercy sakes, you'd better back off another ten [Verse 3] Well, we rolled up Innerstate fourty-four Like a rocket sled on rails We tore up all of our swindle sheets And left 'em settin' on the scales By the time we hit that Chi-Town Them bears was a gettin' smart They'd brought up some reinforcements From the Illinois National Guard There's armored cars and tanks and jeeps And rigs of every size Yeah, them chicken coops was full of bears And choppers filled the skies Well, we shot the line We went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks And eleven long haired Friends of Jesus In a Chartreuse microbus [CB Radio Chatter] Yeah, Rubber Duck to Sod Buster C'mon there Yeah, Ten-Four Sod Buster Listen, you wanna put that microbus In behind that suicide jockey? Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite And he needs all the help he can get [Verse 4] Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore Prepared to cross the line I could see the bridge was lined with bears But I didn't have a doggone dime I says, Pig Pen this here's the Rubber Duck We just ain't a gonna pay no toll So we crashed the gate doin' 98 I says let them truckers roll Ten-Four [Chorus] 'Cause we got a mighty convoy Rockin' through the night Yeah, we got a mighty convoy Ain't she a beautiful sight C'mon and join our Convoy Ain't nothin' gonna get in our way We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'Cross the USA Convoy Convoy [CB Radio Chatter] Ah, Ten-Four Pig Pen what's you're Twenty Omaha Well, they oughtta know what to do With them hogs out there, fer sure Well, mercy sakes good buddy We gonna back on outta here So keep the bugs off yer glass And the bears off yer...tail We'll catch you on the flip flop This here's the Rubber Duck on the side We gone Bye, bye