You got the willies and the shakes and the creeps   The stupid rig ain't supposed to ride like this   Don't wanna wind up in a smokin' heap   Head for the rails and you feel a little kiss   The trailer's movin' with a mind of its own   And he decide he disagree with the cab   Clench the wheel with a white knucklebone   Pump on the brake but the fucker just won't grab   Shouldn't a hit the road today   Cause the radio said it's an hour delay   But you hit the road cause you plumb forgot   And now you start to slide and what do you got      You got a Jackknife, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah   Jackknife, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah      The gig is over now it's time to get going   You parked the van behind the tailor   A buncha cars done parked you in   And now you gotta back around a corner with the trailer   You think you're cool cause you're going straight   But the turn comes up and the angle's wrong   Try to fix it but it's too late   And then you hear the metal crunch and then you're singin' my song   You thought you had this shit down cold   But it's more complicated than you were told   And now you overloaded your feeble mind   Cause the van and the trailer are intertwined