PAPA DROVE A TRUCK
NEARLY ALL HIS LIFE
YOU KNOW IT DROVE
MAMA CRAZY
BEING A TRUCKER'S WIFE
THE PART SHE COULDN'T
HANDLE
WAS THE BEING ALONE
I GUESS SHE NEEDED
MORE TO HOLD
THAN JUST A TELEPHONE
PAPA CALLED MAMA
EACH AND EVERY NIGHT
JUST TO
ASK HER HOW SHE WAS
AND IF US KIDS
WERE ALRIGHT
MAMA WOULD WAIT
FOR THAT CALL
TO COME IN
BUT WHEN DADDY'D
HANG UP
SHE WAS GONE AGAIN
MAMA WAS A LOOKER
LORD HOW SHE SHINED
PAPA WAS A GOOD'N
BUT THE JEALOUS KIND
PAPA LOVED MAMA
MAMA LOVED MEN
MAMA'S IN THE
GRAVEYARD
PAPA'S IN THE PEN
4 BAR
BREAK
WELL IT WAS BOUND
TO HAPPEN
AND ONE NIGHT IT DID
PAPA CAME HOME AND
IT WAS JUST US KIDS
HE HAD A DOZEN ROSES
AND A BOTTLE OF WINE
IF HE WAS LOOKIN' TO
SURPRISE US
HE WAS DOIN' FINE
I HEARD HIM CRY
FOR MAMA
UP AND DOWN THE HALL
THEN I HEARD A BOTTLE
BREAK AGAINST
THE BEDROOM WALL
THAT OLD DIESEL ENGINE
MADE AND EERIE SOUND
WHEN PAPA FIRED IT UP
AND HEADED INTO TOWN
WELL THE PICTURE IN
THE PAPER
SHOWED THE SCENE
REAL WELL
PAPA'S RIG WAS BURIED
IN THE LOCAL MOTEL
THE DESK CLERK SAID
HE SAW IT ALL
REAL CLEAR
HE NEVER HIT
THE BRAKES
AND HE WAS
SHIFTING GEARS
MAMA WAS A LOOKER
LORD HOW SHE SHINED
PAPA WAS A GOOD'N
BUT THE JEALOUS KIND
PAPA LOVED MAMA
MAMA LOVED MEN
MAMA'S IN THE
GRAVEYARD
PAPA'S IN THE PEN