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Truckers as American Zen Masters, Public Transportation, Pie, Beef Jerky, Public Urination, Ostriches...

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This song sounds like it should be about driving
Well that's awfully convenient, 'cuz that's something that I like to do
In between carpooling, and bitching about ethanol,
My car can take me farther than any city bus will do

At any given point, on your highway or your backroad,
You can get off, and go pee in the woods
There's a strange freedom I find only at truck stops
Men in flannel, and prison tatoos
Who probably came from Nam, inexplicable Nam
To their hometowns where they were treated as baby killers
And finding no peace in their factory jobs
Just like monks they found their zen on the highway

Pass me the beef jerky
Next rest stop, in 110 miles
Watch the bikers weave the truckers
Halfway between Kerouac and Nascar, we're on the road

'Cuz back at our jobs, there's no quick exit
No getting distracted by a roadside ostrich farm
And out on this tightrope, between the corn and the barely
The yellow line parade stops only if we're tired or hungry
But oh if we're hungry, those sweet sweet diners
Where they call you honey, and they serve you fresh pie
And they point to your maps, and they tell you what's to do
And telling them to keep the change, we head back to our cars

Well the bladders are full, and the needle says "E"
No I mean the bladders are really full
So we'll stop, but just for a minute
To say hi to our trucker friends, and buy more smoked meats

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from Trains Across the Sea, released July 14, 2008
Jeremy Voltz: Drums

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Trains Across the Sea is the musical output of Andy Gallagher.

He also co-wrote the trucker musical "SEMI FAME: The Truck Route to Broadway."

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