Diesel On My Tail

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I just pulled on to the highway in my little foreign car
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Well it’s raining and the road is really bad
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I never saw that big old diesel but I heard him hit the air
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I’ve got a feeling that I might have made him mad


[Verse 2]

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He closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor
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He’s makin’ ninety in that big old diesel truck
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I can hear the names he’s calling me above the engine’s roar
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And the words won’t be found in Webster’s books


[Verse 3]

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There’s a diesel on my tail a-making ninety miles an hour
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My reflection in my mirror is mighty pale
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I can hear St.Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers
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Can this compact take the impact there’s a diesel on my tail


[Verse 4]

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Well I’m huffin’ and puffin’ and I’m trying to make the grade
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And I wish I had some pedals on this cart
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And I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ and afraid to touch the brake
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For the two of us could never stand the jar


[Verse 5]

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Well I’m slippin’ and a-slidin’ trying to hold it on the road
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And I tell you I just got to win this race
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While I’m tremblin’ and a-shakin’ he is pouring on the coal
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So close that I can steal his license plate