Dirty diesel
Black smoke rising in the headlights glare
Two thousand miles of cold night air
Eighteen wheels on a mountain road
Dragging down a heavy load (hmmmm)
The engine screams, the iron shakes
Down this grade with burning brakes
Oh,
the diesel burns through the midnight black
No turning round, no looking back
We ride the steel,
we chase the wind
Where the dark highway has no end
(no end)
Another town that the map forgot
Another tank of fuel we got
Guiding this beast through the winter rain
Every mile is a quiet pain (oooh)
Just the diesel hum...
Into the dark... (hummmm)