The sun's goin' down on me   Thoughts of her keep haunting me   Desperation's taking hold   My hands are on the steering wheel   But my heart's back in Louisville   At the far end of a thousand miles of road      My mind's grinding like a steel gear, baby   I've got to cover some ground   She know how hard and fast I'm falling for her   If she could just hear the sound   Of the hammer goin' down      Now I ain't gonna waste my time   Talkin' on no pay phone line   Words just don't get the message through   If this rig will hold out one more day   She'll hear me forty miles away   Tearing this four lane half in two      My mind is grinding like a steel gear, baby   I've got to cover some ground   She know how hard and fast I'm falling for her   If she could just hear the sound   Of the hammer goin' down      Now she ain't just a truck stop queen   She's like God to me   A thousand miles for her love   Well, I'd go a million for one kiss   Drive those pistons with my fist   And do it all again if it ain't enough      My mind's grinding like a steel gear, baby   I've got to cover some ground   She know how hard and fast I'm falling for her   If she could just hear the sound   Of the hammer goin' down      If she could hear the sound   Of the hammer goin' down   If she could hear the sound   Of the hammer goin'   Of the hammer goin' down