I leave Pittsburgh with a load of steel   Nobody knows just how I feel   With the road up ahead and my baby behind   Keep me drivin' with a worried mind      Lonesome Truck Driver Blues   Lonesome Truck Driver Blues   With the road up ahead and my baby behind   Keep me drivin' with a worried mind   Lonesome truck driver blues      If you load too light you can't make a dime   If you load to heavy then you get a fine   Look at 'em lined up down the road   Guess I'd better dump my load      Well it's coffee cakes and pork and beans   Black eyed peas and turnip greens   Turn on my radio one time more   Hear Ernest Tubb a walkin' the floor      Oh the motor's purrin' I'm makin' time   Takin' me back to that baby of mine   She'll be purrin' like a kitten when I walk in the door   The truck driver blues I won't sing anymore