CW McCall

Convoy-artist:: c. w. mccall as sung on "country memories": mca msd2-35429-peak billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1975-76-words and music by c. w. mccall, bill fries, and chip davislegend: <spoken on cb radio in background> (sung by background singers)<ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the rubber duck. you got a copy on me. pigpen? c'mon.><ah, yeah, ten-four, pigpen, for sure, for sure. by golly, it's clean clear to flagtown. c'mon.><yeah, that's a big ten-four there, pigpen. yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy. mercy's sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy>it was the dark of the moon on the sixth of juneand a kenworth pullin' logscab-over pete with a reefer onand a jimmy haulin' hogswe's headin' for bear on eye-one-oh'bout a mile outta shakeytowni says "pigpen, this here's rubber duck""and i'm about to put the hammer down"('cause we got a little ole convoy rockin' thru the night)(yeah, we got a little ole convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?) (come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)(we gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the usa)(convoy)<ah, breaker, pigpen, this here's duck 'n' you wanna back off them hogs?><ah, ten-four><about 5 mile or so><ten roger><them hogs is gettin' intense up here.>by the time we got into tulsa-town we had 85 trucks in allbut they's a roadblock up on the cloverleafand them bears 's wall-to-wallyeah, them smokeys 's thick as bugs on a bumperthey even had a bear in the airi says "callin' all trucks, this here's the duck""we about to go a-huntin' bear"('cause we got a great big convoy rockin' thru the night)(yeah, we got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)(come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)(we gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the usa)(convoy)<ah, you wanna give me a ten-nine on that, pigpen? negatory, pigpen, you're still too close. yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses. mercy's sake, you better back off another ten>well, we rolled up interstate forty-fourlike a rocket-sled on railswe tore up all of our swindle sheetsand left 'em settin' on the scalesby the time we hit that "chi-town"them bears was a-gettin smartthey brought up some reinforcements>from the "illinoise" national guardthere's armored cars and tanks and jeeps'n' rigs of ev'ry sizeyeah, them chicken coops was full of bearsand choppers filled the skieswell, we shot the line, we went for brokewith a thousand screamin' trucksand eleven long-haired friends of jesusin a chartreuse microbus<ah, rubber duck, this 's sodbuster. c'mon here><yeah, ten-four, sodbuster. listen, ya wanna put that microbus in behind that <suicide-jockey?><yeah, he's haulin' dynamite and he needs all the help he can get>well, we laid a strip for the jersey shoreprepared to cross the linei could see the bridge was lined with bearsbut i didn't have a doggone dimei says "pigpen, this here's the rubber duck""we just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"so we crashed the gate doin' ninety-eighti says "let them truckers roll, ten-four"('cause we got a mighty convoy rockin' thru the night)(yeah, we got a mighty convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)(come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)(we gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the usa)(convoy)<ah, ten-four, pigpen. what's your twenty? omaha? well, they oughta know what to do with them hogs out there, for sure. well, mercy's sakes, good buddy, we gonna back on outta here, so keep your thumbs off your glass and the bears off your……..tail. we'll catch you on the flip-flop. this here's the rubber duck on the side. we gone. 'bye, 'bye>transcribed by robin hoodthese lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned aboveand do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheetmusic, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.

Yeah breaker one nine this here's the rubber duck
you got a copy on me pig pen c'mon
uh yeah ten-four pig pen fer sure fer sure.
by golly it's clean clear to flag town, c'mon
yeah its a big ten -four there pig pen
yeah we definitely got the front door, good buddy
mercy sakes alive looks like we've got us a convoy
It was a dark a the moon
on the sixth of june
and a kenworth pullin logs
cab over pete with a refer on
and a jimmy haulin hogs
we was headin for bear '
on 'i-one oh
bout a mile out shakey town
i says pig pen this here's the rubber duck
and i'm about to put the hammer down.
Cause we got a little 'ole convoy
rockin through the night
yeah we got a little 'ole convoy
ain't she a beautiful sight
c'mon and join our convoy
ain't nothin gonna get in our way
we gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the usa
convoy....convoy.....
Yeah breaker pig pen this here's the duck
and uh you wanna back off them hogs
uh ten-four 'bout five mile or so
ten-roger them hogs is gettin intense up here
By the time we got into tulsa town
we had eighty-five trucks in all
but they's a road block up on the clover leaf
and them bears was wall to wall
yeah them smokies as thick as bugs on a bumper
they even had a bear in the air
i says callin all trucks
this here's the duck
we about to go a huntin bear
'cause we got a great big convoy
rockin through the night
yeah we got a great big convoy
ain't she a beautiful sight
c'mon and join our convoy
aint nothin gonna get in our way
we gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the usa
convoy.....convoy
Uh you wanna give me a ten-nine on that pig pen
uh negatory pig pen you're still too close
yeah them hogs is startin to close up my sinuses
mercy sakes you'd better back off another ten.
Well we rolled up innerstate fourty-four
like a rocket sled on rails
we tore up all of our swindel sheets
and left 'em settin on the scales
by the time we hit that shy town
them bears was a gettin smart
they'd brought up some reinforcements
from the illinois national guard
theres armored cars and tanks and jeeps
and rigs of every size
yeah them chicken coops was full of bears
and choppers filled the skies.
well we shot the line
we went for broke
with a thousand screamin trucks
and eleven long haired friends of jesus
in a chartreuse microbus
Yeah rubber duck to sod buster
c'mon there yeah ten-four sod buster
listen you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey?
yeah he's haulin dynamite and he needs all the help he can get
Well we laid a strip for the jersey shore
prepared to cross the line
i could see the bridge was lined with bears
but i didn't have a doggone dime
i says pig pen this here's the rubber duck
we just ain't a gonna pay no toll
so we crashed the gate doin 98
i says let them truckers roll,
ten-four.
'cause we got a mighty convoy
rockin through the night
yeah we got a mighty convoy
ain't she a beautiful sight
c'mon and join our convoy
aint nothin gonna get in our way
we gonna roll this truckin convoy 'cross the usa
convoy.....convoy

ah ten-four pig pen what's you're twenty?
omaha?!
well they oughtta know what to do with them hogs out there fer sure
[fading]
well mercy sakes good buddy we gonna back on outta here
so keep the buttons off yer glass and the bears off yer...tail
we'll catch you on the flip flop
this here's the rubber duck on the side
we gone - bye bye