Broke down in Birmingham, in steamy Alabam Fifty thousand pounds in the back It ain't the best place to stop When they gotta get of that clock Run a hundred miles on the inside lane Broke down in Birmingham Had to bind up a company hand Still waiting on this and that That are never comin' back Broke down in Birmingham Now I'm still in my truck And my ten hours are up I'm listening to the rain a-pouring down You know it's coming down so bad It's got me feeling kinda sad The more I hear it, the more it makes me wanna frown Broke down in Birmingham Had to bind up a company hand Still waiting on this and that That are never comin' back Broke down in Birmingham I'd like to end this song saying I moved on But I'm still stuck in this god-forsaken palce You might hear about it on the news A truck driver died, I wrote the blues You know they found me with a frown froze on my face Broke down in Birmingham Had to bind up a company hand Still, uh, waiting on this and that That are never comin' back Broke down in Birmingham Good Lordy, good Lordy