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Songs about truck driving have been written almost since the truck was invented, so there are already many great truck driving songs out there. We think there’s room for one more, so this is our song about truck driving, appropriately titled: TRUCK DRIVER.

This is a plain country song, toasting the truck driving profession without regard to what’s being hauled. Musically, for those who might be interested, it mixes in a touch of Dorian mode at times. One of those times starts at the line “I was once a truck driver.” We are hoping that this verse will have you wondering if it’s even true or not. This is one of the perplexing mysteries of the Underground Bunkum album – what is true and what is not? Some things are absolutely true – perhaps.

As mentioned above, there are many great truck driving songs. We suspect this may be the only one ever written in triple time (like a waltz). That is a curious feature for a song about truck driving, for reasons that are barely hinted at in the lyrics. So unless someone points out otherwise, this musical time signature conundrum remains a unique feature of this latest truck driving song to come down the pike – cruising the concrete corridor.

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TRUCK DRIVER

Let’s drink to the hard driving truckers
Who roam the countryside
Cruising the concrete corridor
To keep companies and consumers supplied

Eighteen wheels bolted to the axle
More than ten gears on the column or the floor
Try to pick up on some CB chatter
Hard to hear above the engine’s roar

I was once a truck driver
Barreling down the interstate
I carried a cargo of cartons and crates
Containers and canisters, all kinds of freight
Whenever I pulled out of my front gate
It became almost impossible to concentrate
I was never sure I had the right date
I was always worried I might be late
But if you get there early, they tell you to wait
But I guess that’s a typical trucker’s fate

So let’s drive to the hard drinking truckdri…
I mean let’s drink to the hard driving truckdrivers
Who roam the countryside
Taking their chances on wobbly bridges
To keep companies and consumers supplied

Eighteen wheels bolted to the axle
More than ten gears on the column or the floor
Try to pick up on some CB chatter
Hard to hear above the engine’s roar

When there was no more money to be made
I sold my rig for a van in trade
I’ll never forget the day I bought it
My wife was gonna leave me, she changed her mind when she saw it

Now I’m my third wife’s fourth husband
I had great fun with girls on the road
Except for one that turned out to be a bitch
With some luck I could do it again, but if not
I’ll drive myself over a cliff and down the ditch
A real truckdriver, to the end

credits

from UNDERGROUND BUNKUM, track released September 11, 2023
Composed by M.J. Berger
Performed by Gregorstan Wolforfox & The Dog Pack

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The star of Underground Bunkum, lead singer Gregorstan Wolforfox, was born in obscurity. Where? He’s not sure – that’s why it is in obscurity! A meteoric rise, a precipitous fall, a rise from the ashes, and now this – UNDERGROUND BUNKUM front and center on the virtual stage. ... more

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