Verse 1
I Drive A Big Freightliner And I Make A Last Payment Today
And I Drive To All Points Out Of New York City To La
Well That Little Woman Smiles When I Pack Up To Leave Her
I'll Soon Be Back But I Just Got The Fever
She's A Believer, I Got The Freightliner Fever
Verse 2
There's A Railroad A-Runnin' By The Highway Out In Santa Fe
And I Passed An Old Freight Train A-Makin' His Run The Other Day
Merle Haggard Said To His Fireman, So Pale
He's A-Blowin' This-A Freight Train Off Of The Rail
He Got The Fever (Fever). He's Got The Freightliner Fever
Verse 3
Webb Pierce Said, "Red, What You Carryin' In That Cigarette Pack?"
I Said, "I Got My Second Driver, And He's Gonna Drive All The Way Back"
It's A Big Black Pill, So Long And Round
To A Driver It's A West Coast Turnaround
It's For The Fever (Fever). The Ol' Freightliner Fever
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Verse 4
Well, I Passed Dave Dudley Up In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
And I Passed Del Reeves Down In Shreveport, Louisiana
Dick Cess Got A-Hung On A Hill Up In Maine
I Pulled Him On Over With My Forty-Foot Chain
He Got The Fever (Fever). He's Got The Freightliner Fever
Verse 5
I Been A-Passin' Everything From A Jimmy To A Greyhound Bus
I'm Gonna Spend A Few Days Out On The West Coast To End-A My Run
And Old Giddy-Up-Go, And A Little Bit Of Luck
I'm Gonna Pass Red Simpson In His Runaway Truck
He's Got The Fever (Fever). He's Got The Freightliner Fever
Verse 6
Webb Pierce Said, "Red, What You Carryin' In That Cigarette Pack?"
I Said, "I Got My Second Driver And He's Gonna Drive All The Way Back"
It's A Big Black Pill, So Long And Round
To A Driver, It's A West Coast Turnaround
It's For The Fever (Fever). That Ol' Freightliner Fever
Verse 7
Aw, Out On This Road You Pass A Lot Of Them Old Country Boys
I Seen Carl Smith, Charley Pride, Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe
Conway Twitty, Waylon Jennings.
Seen Dave Dudley, George Jones, Porter Wagoner, Bill Anderson
Faron Young, Stonewall Jackson, Roy Acuff
