I've witnessed those one night stands   Must have played in a thousand bands   But I'm just here tonight, tomorrow I'll be gone   Seen folks show their blacker sides   Seen them die just for foolish pride   And those drivers always ask to hear that same old song      That's a big ten-four   From your back door   Just put that hammer down   This young man feels   Those eighteen wheels   That keep turning 'round to take me down to shaky town      I've heard all those hard luck tales   From all of you u.s. males   I've heard you tell those lies about the love you've know   And I've followed those highway signs   And I've run down those thin white lines   Like those drivers this old road is all I call my own      That's a big ten-four   From your back door   Just put that hammer down   This young man feels   Those eighteen wheels   That keep turning 'round to take me down to shaky town