I'm contemplating all the ways that I might end my life

Pills would make it easy but I'd rather do it my way

That's why I'm drivin' 90 eastbound in the westbound highway



I was headin' out to Austin in my Datsun with my bride

We'd set out from New Orleans, a 500-mile ride

At twelve o'clock we needed gas and she turned me and said:

"Why don't we get some lunch at that truckstop up ahead?"



Inside were 20 truckers who'd parked their 18-wheelers

I had a premonition that one would try and steal her

When a man in flannel sidled up to her at the buffet

I could see my baby laughing … and slowly slippin' away



We made it out to Texas but something wasn't right

I could tell her mind was somewhere else in the hotel room that night

In the morning when I woke up and got out of bed

I found a note on the mirror and this is what it said:



"I hate to leave this way but I've got no choice

Something moved inside of me when I heard that stranger's voice

I've got a thing for truckers, and I swear it made me sweat

when he told me he could give me a ride I'd never forget"



I'm semi-suicidal since a trucker stole my wife

I'm contemplating all the ways that I might end my life

Pills would make it easy but I'd rather do it my way

That's why I'm drivin' 90 eastbound in the westbound highway



Now I'm on the road again with troopers on my trail

There's a roadblock up ahead, behind me sirens wail

I'm feelin' kinda peaceful as the cars swerve left and right

A man has a lot to think about when a trucker steals his wife



I'm semi-suicidal since a trucker stole my wife

I'm contemplating all the ways that I might end my life

Pills would make it easy but I'd rather do it my way

That's why I'm drivin' 90 eastbound in the westbound highway