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Ragged Old Truck by Johnny Paycheck album cover

Ragged Old Truck

by Johnny Paycheck

Lyrics
Mmm, yeah
Alright

And I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town
Thinkin' 'bout raisin' so damn much hell
'Til I die 'fore I live it down
I laid around the place 'til I'm blue in the face
May as well be underground
Thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town, yeah

Early this mornin', without any warnin'
I took a look at myself
I seen how this married-up life I been livin'
Was tryin' to choke me to death
I laid on my bed with my gun to my head
I nearly 'bout ended it all
But I come to myself just before I got killed
And I blowed me some holes in the wall

Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town
Thinkin' 'bout raisin' so damn much hell
'Til I die 'fore I live it down
I laid around this place 'til I'm blue in my face
And I may as well be under the ground
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town

Yeah, a honky-tonk man in a honky-tonk band
With a honky-tonk girl on my arm
I may be as ugly as an old mud rail fence
But I'm loaded with hillbilly charm
It's my life and no wife of mine's gonna
Tell me I can't have me some fun
So before that old heifer drives in from Waco
You can bet your sweet ass I'm gone

Yeah, I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town
Thinkin' 'bout raisin' so damn much hell
'Til I die 'fore I live it down
I laid around the place 'til I'm blue in the face
May as well be underground
I'm thinkin' 'bout crankin' my ragged old truck up
And haulin' myself into town

Yeah, I'm thinkin' about crankin' that thing up
If I could just get it out of this garage here
And if I get it out of the garage
I wonder where this damn thing went
I don't know where the hell it is