Drive-By Truckers - 18 wheels of love

when my mom and dad got divorced, my momma, she locked herself in her bedroom, and she didn't come out for six years. In my momma's bedroom she's got three tv sets, just like elvis, the king, used to have, and on top of each one of them tv sets, my momma, she had two vcrs. so that she could watch all the shows later that she wasn't watching when she was watching the other shows. my momma, she'd sit there in her bedroom, reading the national enquirer, and the sun, and the star, drinking vodka and milk, and flipping them channels. Then my sister graduated from school and child support ran out. my momma was forced to go out and get a job. and let me tell you folks, it's a mean, mean, cruel world out there. for a fifty-five year old woman, thats never worked a day in her life. and she never did have any kind of college education or nothing. so my momma was forced to work one shit job after another. till finally fate led her to a place called "R n' D trucking" in florence alabama, and they hired my momma to be a truck log auditor, her job was to audit all them truck logs every monday morning, and if any of them truck drivers had been driving too long without a break, she was supposed to catch it, before the DOT caught it, therefore eliminating "R n' D trucking" from having to pay a fine or something. and there was this one truck driver, he was the biggest meanest mother fucker at "R n' D trucking" his name was chester. and chester weighed 350lbs, and he was solid muscle and gut. and on chester's arm, he had the word KIM tattooed. and rumor had it, that back in vietnam one night he killed eight men in their sleep in order to escape from a POW camp. and now every monday morning my mommas calling chester into her office, and BITCHIN HIM OUT. and finally one day my momma just snaps, and she's standin up there on her desk, so that she could have the height advantage on him, and she's yelling at the top of her lungs, she says "CHESTER, CHESTER, GODDAMMIT! every week you fuck up your logs, when you know i'm gonna catch you, and you know i'm gonna bitch you out, what gives? and chester he looked my momma straight square in the eye and he said "jan, it's cuz i'm in love with you, and i knew that the only way i could talk to you was to fuck up my logs so you'd call me in here and bitch me out" and six months later, chester went to a tattoo parlor and he had the work KIM changed to JAN, and my momma and chester they eloped and tehy got married in pigeon forge tennessee, at dollywood. and i just moved to athens georgia, and i was broke, and i didn't have no money, so i wrote my momma this song as a wedding present. it's called 18 wheels of love, and every goddamn word is true.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• peterbilt
• alabama
• ass
• whuppin

[SometimeAngel]

The INTRO is what makes this good!

[igneo85]

Mama ran off with a trucker

Mama ran off with a trucker

Mama ran off with a trucker

Peterbilt Peterbilt!!!

DBT rocks!!!

[antilley2]

oghhh hat damn....  what a tune.

[hbuch4]

great song. I always love lyrics that are based on a personal story.

[hoghed]

@yatb69 'Alabama Ass Whuppin'; currently out-of-print :-(

[noisyflowers]

Damn these early DBT recordings are good. So visceral.

[HeliosEntity]

RIP Chester

[PaiMeiJac]

@yatb69 Gangstabilly originally, this version is on Alabama Ass Whuppin', also a great version on Live From Austin, TX.

[turboman903]

@igneo85 truckers get me through my dismal work day

[Awesomesauce964]

Rest in Peace Grandpa

[yatb69]

What DBT C.D. is this on??

[phantasmphan]

LOL, I love it cause my last name is Chester, no joke!