As I came acrose the pecos and broke west of the line
This thunderstorm was running, and it ran me out of time
I was racing through the rain with this rig from Tennessee
When a voice cut through the static, bringing comfort home to me
They were singing
I ain't sittin' in no shack
I got me a Ford right out the back
So come on and roll me over
If I ain't there in nothing flat
With my honky-tonk attitude
I'll be doing the straight line swing
C'mon and grab your horseshoe
And throw it in the ring
♪
Now the levee wall was breaking, rocks were rolling from the ridge
The announcer broke in, saying, "There was a bus trapped on the bridge"
So I turned my rig around, I was axle-deep in mud
And I found those people stranded, the bridge was groaning in the flood
Still my radio was singing
I ain't sittin' in no shack
I got me a Ford right out the back
So come on and roll me over
If I ain't there in nothing flat
With my honky-tonk attitude
I'll be doing the straight line swing
C'mon and grab your horseshoe
And throw it in the ring
♪
With the grinding of my engine, I hauled those people free
With the raging river rising, the driver came thanking me
I told him about the message; he said, "That can't be right"
The storm knocked out the radio tower late last Saturday night
But through the static we heard singing
I ain't sittin' in no shack
I got me a Ford right out the back
So come on and roll me over
If I ain't there in nothing flat
With my honky-tonk attitude
I'll be doing the straight line swing
C'mon and grab your horseshoe
And throw it in the ring
♪
Them old truckers gonna tell you down the lonely interstate
Out the dead air on the waveband, the Texas playboys break
You'll hear a keening voice, Bob Wills is with you as you drive
And you'll know you got a broadcast straight from 1935
Can you hear him singing
I ain't sittin' in no shack
I got me a Ford right out the back
So come on and roll me over
If I ain't there in nothing flat
With my honky-tonk attitude
I'll be doing the straight line swing
C'mon and grab your horseshoe
And throw it in the ring
I ain't sittin' in no shack
I got me a Ford right out the back
So come on and roll me over
If I ain't there in nothing flat
With my honky-tonk attitude
I'll be doing the straight line swing
C'mon and grab your horseshoe
And throw it in the ring