As I came across the Pecos  Broke west of the line  This thunderstorm was runnin'  And it ran me out of time  I was racing through the rain  With this rig from Tennessee  When a voice cut through the static  Bringing comfort home to me  They were singin'  I ain't sittin' in no shack  Got me a ford right out the back  So come on and roll me over  If I ain't there in nothin' flat  With a honky tonk attitude  I'll be doing the straight line swing  C'mon and grab your horseshoe  And throw it in the ring  Now the levee wall was breaking  Rocks were rolling from the ridge  The announcer broke in saying  There's a bus trapped on the bridge  So I turned my rig around  I was axle deep in mud  And I found those people stranded  The bridge was groaning in the flood  Still my radio was singin'  I ain't sittin' in no shack  Got me a ford right out the back  So come on and roll me over  If I ain't there in nothin' flat  With a honky tonk attitude  I'll be doing the straight line swing  C'mon and grab your horseshoe  And throw it in the ring  With the grinding of my engines  I hauled those people free  With the raging river rising  The driver came thanking me  I told him about the message  He said that can't be right  The storm knocked out the radio tower  Later last Saturday night  But through the static we heard singing  I ain't sittin' in no shack  Got me a ford right out the back  So come on and roll me over  If I ain't there in nothin' flat  With a honky tonk attitude  I'll be doing the straight line swing  C'mon and grab your horseshoe  And throw it in the ring  Them old truckers gonna tell you  Down the lonely interstate  Out the dead air on the waveband  The Texas Playboys break  You'll hear a keening voice  Bob Wills is with you as you drive  And you'll know you've got a broadcast  Straight from 1935  Can you hear him singing  I ain't sittin' in no shack  Got me a ford right out the back  So come on and roll me over  If I ain't there in nothin' flat  With a honky tonk attitude  I'll be doing the straight line swing  C'mon and grab your horseshoe  And throw it in the ring