I WAS ON
THE OUTSKIRTS
OF A LITTLE
SOUTHERN TOWN
TRYING TO REACH
MY DESTINATION
BEFORE THE SUN
WENT DOWN
THE OLD CB WAS
BLARING AWAY
ON CHANNEL ONE NINE
WHEN THERE CAME
A LITTLE BOY'S VOICE
ON THE RADIO LINE
AND HE SAID
BREAKER ONE NINE
IS ANYONE THERE
COME ON BACK
TRUCKERS AND TALK TO
TEDDY BEAR
WELL I KEYED THE MIKE
AND SAID YOU GOT IT
TEDDY BEAR
AND A LITTLE BOY'S VOICE
CAME BACK ON THE AIR
PRECIATE THE BREAK
WHO WE GOT ON
THAT END
I TOLD HIM MY HANDLE
AND THEN HE BEGAN
NOW I'M NOT
SUPPOSED TO BOTHER
YOU FELLOWS
OUT THERE
MOM SAYS YOU'RE BUSY
AND FOR ME TO STAY OFF
THE AIR
BUT YOU SEE I GET LONELY
AND IT HELPS TO TALK
CAUSE THAT'S ABOUT
ALL I CAN DO
I'M CRIPPLED AND
I CAN'T WALK
I CAME BACK
AND TOLD HIM
TO FIRE UP THAT MIKE
AND I'D TALK TO HIM
AS LONG AS HE LIKED
THIS WAS MY
DAD'S RADIO
THE LITTLE BOY SAID
BUT I GUESS IT'S MINE
AND MOM'S NOW
CAUSE MY DADDY'S DEAD
DAD HAD A WRECK
ABOUT A MONTH AGO
HE WAS TRYING
TO GET HOME
IN A BLINDING SNOW
MOM HAS TO WORK NOW
TO MAKE ENDS MEET
AND I'M NOT
MUCH HELP WITH MY
TWO CRIPPLED FEET
SHE SAYS
NOT TO WORRY
WE'LL MAKE IT ALRIGHT
BUT I HEAR HER CRYING
SOMETIMES
LATE AT NIGHT
YOU KNOW
THERE'S ONE THING
I WANT MORE THAN
ANYTHING ELSE TO SEE
AW I KNOW YOU GUYS
ARE TOO BUSY
TO BOTHER WITH ME
BUT YOU SEE
MY DAD USED TO
TAKE ME FOR RIDES
WHEN HE WAS HOME
BUT I GUESS
THAT'S ALL OVER NOW
SINCE MY
DADDY'S GONE
NOT ONE BREAKER
CAME ON THE OLD CB
AS THAT LITTLE
CRIPPLED BOY
TALKED WITH ME
I TRIED HARD
TO SWALLOW A LUMP
THAT JUST WOULDN'T
STAY DOWN
AS I THOUGHT ABOUT
MY BOY
BACK IN
GREENVILLE TOWN
DAD WAS GONNA
TAKE MOM AND ME
WITH HIM
LATER ON THIS YEAR
WHY I REMEMBER
HIM SAYING
SOMEDAY
THIS OLD TRUCK
WILL BE YOURS
TEDDY BEAR
BUT I KNOW
I'LL NEVER GET TO RIDE
AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER
AGAIN
BUT THIS OLD BASE
WILL KEEP ME
IN TOUCH
WITH ALL MY
TRUCKER FRIENDS
TEDDY BEAR'S GONNA
BACK ON OUT NOW AND
LEAVE YOU ALONE
CAUSE IT'S ABOUT TIME
FOR MOM
TO COME HOME
BUT YOU GIVE ME
A SHOUT
WHEN YOU'RE
PASSING THROUGH
AND I'LL BE HAPPY
TO COME BACK TO YOU
WELL I CAME BACK
AND I SAID
BEFORE YOU GO TEN TEN
WHAT'S YOUR
HOME TWENTY
LITTLE CB FRIEND
WELL HE GAVE ME
HIS ADDRESS
AND I DIDN'T ONCE
HESITATE
CAUSE THIS BIG LOAD
OF FREIGHT IS JUST
GONNA HAVE TO WAIT
I TURNED THAT TRUCK
AROUND ON A DIME
AND HEADED
STRAIGHT FOR
JACKSON STREET
TWO TWENTY NINE
AND AS I ROUNDED
THE CORNER
OH I GOT ONE HECK
OF A SHOCK
EIGHTEEN WHEELERS
WERE LINED UP
FOR THREE
CITY BLOCKS
WHY I GUESS
EVERY DRIVER
FOR MILES AROUND
HAD CAUGHT
TEDDY BEAR'S CALL
AND THAT LITTLE
CRIPPLED BOY WAS
HAVING A BALL
FOR AS FAST AS
ONE DRIVER WOULD
CARRY HIM IN
ANOTHER WOULD
CARRY HIM
TO HIS TRUCK
AND TAKE OFF AGAIN
WELL YOU
BETTER BELIEVE
I TOOK MY TURN
AT RIDING
TEDDY BEAR
AND THEN I CARRIED HIM
BACK IN AND PUT HIM
DOWN IN HIS CHAIR
AND BUDDY
IF I NEVER LIVE TO SEE
HAPPINESS AGAIN
I WANT YOU TO KNOW
I SAW IT THAT DAY
IN THE FACE OF THAT
LITTLE MAN
WE TOOK UP
A COLLECTION FOR HIM
BEFORE HIS
MAMA GOT HOME
AND EACH DRIVER
SAID GOODBYE
AND THEN THEY WERE
ALL GONE
HE SHOOK MY HAND
WITH A
MILE LONG GRIN
AND SAID
SO LONG TRUCKER
I'LL CATCH YOU AGAIN
WELL I HIT THAT
INTERSTATE
WITH TEARS IN MY EYES
AND I TURNED ON
THE RADIO
AND GOT ANOTHER
SURPRISE
BREAKER ONE NINE
CAME A VOICE
ON THE AIR
JUST ONE WORD
OF THANKS
FROM MAMA TEDDY BEAR
WE WISH EACH AND
EVERY ONE A SPECIAL
PRAYER FOR YOU
CAUSE YOU JUST MADE
MY LITTLE BOY'S DREAM
COME TRUE
I'LL SIGN OFF NOW
BEFORE I START TO CRY
MAY GOD RIDE
WITH YOU
TEN FOUR
AND GOODBYE