LYRICS - Convoy - Recorded by Boxcar Willie
Yeah breaker one nine this here's the Rubber Duck, Uh, 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 It was a dark a the moon On the sixth of June And a Kenworth pullin logs Cab over Pete with a refer on And a Jimmy haulin hogs We was headed 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.
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.....
Gotta breaker Pig Pen this here's the Duck And uh you wanna back off them hogs Ten-four Roger 'bout five mile or so Ten-Roger them hogs is gettin intense up here. 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 is 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're about to go a huntin bear.
'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 Aint nothin gonna get in our way We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA Convoy.....Convoy
Hey you wanna give me a ten-nine on that Pig Pen 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. Well we rolled up Innerstate fourty-four Like a rocket sled on rails We tore up all of our swindel 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 was 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 And we went for broke With a thousand screamin trucksAnd eleven long haired Friends of Jesus In a Chartreuse microbus. Yeah Rubber Duck this is 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. Well we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore And 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 said let them truckers roll, Ten-Four.
'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 Aint nothin gonna get in our way. We gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the USA. Convoy.....Convoy
That's 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.
Boxcar Willie was born Lecil Travis Martin September 1, 1931 in Sterratt, Texas. He was an American country music singer, who sang in the "old-time hobo" music style, complete with dirty face, overalls, and a floppy hat. "Boxcar Willie" was originally a character in a ballad he wrote, but he later adopted it as his own stage name.
Martin joined the United States Air Force in 1949, and served as a pilot and flight engineer for the B-29 Super Fortress during the Korean War in the early 1950s. In San Jose, California, Martin attended a talent show as "Boxcar Willie" and performed under the nickname for the first time. He won first place, a $150 prize and a nickname that he would forever go by. He went on to become a star in country music, selling more than 10 million records, tapes and CDs worldwide.
In 1985, Martin moved to Branson, Missouri and purchased a theater on Highway 76, 76 Country Music Boulevard. In addition to the Boxcar Willie Theater, he opened a museum and eventually had two motels, both bearing his name. Boxcar Willie was one of the first big stars to open a show in Branson, paving the way for the other nationally-known names that followed. He performed at his theater in Branson until he died on April 12, 1999.
