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Composer: Turner, Roberts, Thornton

Red Simpson - Nitro Express lyrics



I was pullin' up a hill that's known as the Devil's Crest,

haulin' 36 ton on a run called the Nitro Express.

There was nothin' but curves a runnin' from the top on down,

and at the bottom of the grade sat a quiet little country town.

Well, I was drivin' off the top when she jarred and the driveshaft broke,

started pumpin' up the brakes, saw 'em going in a big cloud of smoke.

To keep 'er upright ...I knew I had to do my best,

against a runaway bomb they call the Nitro Express.

(Chorus)

There was 36 ton of a detonated steel,

over 18 tires that smoked and squealed.

I had to ride her down and I couldn't jump free,

or there'd be a big hole where that little town used to be.

Well that old trailer leaned each time that I took another curve,

my hands started sweatin' and I knew I was losin' my nerve.

And I was cussin' each rock and every inch of the Devil's Crest,

a fightin' with the wheel of a rig called the Nitro Express.

I side-swipped a mountain so I'd slow her down by rubbin' her side,

and when the sparks started flyin' man it looked like the 4th of July.

I finally got her stopped ... but mister I'm a gonna confess,

that's the last run I'm makin' in a rig called the Nitro Express.

(Chorus)

(Repeat Chorus - change last line to ..Cause there'd be a big

hole where that little town used to be.
Songs list of album: Roll, Truck, Roll (1966)
         Title Rating
01   Truck Drivin' Man lyrics   -
02    Roll, Truck, Roll lyrics Add lyrics   -
03   Nitro Express lyrics   -
04    Give Me Fourty Acres lyrics Add lyrics   -
05   Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver lyrics   -
06    Highway Man lyrics Add lyrics   -
07   Motivatin' Man lyrics   -
08   Truck Driver's Blues lyrics   -
09   Big Mack lyrics   -
10   My Baby's Waitin' lyrics   -
11    Six Days on the Road lyrics Add lyrics   -
12   Runaway Truck lyrics   -
 

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