I was a shift shake shoe shake child around    I used to live down town down in trucker town    I was the baddest, baddest, baddest around    but it was fifteen years since I heard a sound    They said look it, look it, come on down    'Cause when the law start shaking, a shaking 'em down    they're called the last of the outlaw truckers around       'Cause I'm me, see    Jacked up on java and nicotine    whoa-oh please believe me    I know what I mean       By the time we get to Texas he was lying 'em down    with the bag 'o bodies all covered the ground    I said now look it, look it, look what I found       Short, come out and you know    I left the armload of M16's back home    I served 68 missions in da nang alone    Now I'm a one more mission, that's you and that's right       'Cause I'm me, see    Jacked up on Meth and Dexedrine    Whoa-oh, please believe me    I know what I mean    and I'm clean    oh, I'm getting right pious now    but if you'd seen what I've seen    oh you know what I mean       and i said look around, looking out and below    you know its hard to chase shorty up in new mexico       and then i gotta get him down to new orleans    i'll go to eight states, in eight states straight    Shorty you hesitates on an Ace of Hate       we even got you started down in baton rouge    well Shorty started shakin' while makin' his stand    so stacks went off to get the gun from his hands    He said Shorty got a minute? You're getting the job    but then he pulled another pistol and said with a smile    "Son you'd better be fast... I'll put you on the ground"    And that's about the time that sheriff shot shorty down       'Cause I'm mean, see    jacked up on meth-amphetamines    and oh-oh, please believe me    i know what i mean    and i'm clean    and oh, getting all pious now    if you've seen what i've seen    oh you know what i mean