You haul forty thousand through the Grapevine grade
Diesel coughs slow where the pine trees shade
Logbook pages flip to yesterday
Attic window waits for breaking day
Sun hits dust on the cardboard crown
Pink insulation glows on the ground
Eighteen wheels sleep in the yard below
You found a heaven nobody knows
CB crackles quiet on the passenger seat
Mile marker memories fade incomplete
Thermos coffee stains your calloused thumb
Radio plays the same old drum
Sun hits dust on the cardboard crown
Pink insulation glows on the ground
Eighteen wheels sleep in the yard below
You found a heaven nobody knows
Vinyl seat cracks where your bones have molded
Stories stacked in boxes, left and folded
Grandma's quilt still smells like Chesterfield
Morning light makes the dust reveal
Sun hits dust on the cardboard crown
Pink insulation glows on the ground
Eighteen wheels sleep in the yard below
You found a heaven nobody knows
Regulars laugh at the counter stool
Eggs over easy, bacon playing fool
You grin wide in the dusty beam
Trucker king of a forgotten dream
Gear shift rests in the neutral slot
Engine cools in the parking lot
No dispatcher yelling through the wire
Just you and light and dust and tire
Sun climbs higher through the cracked pane glass
Watch the dust float, watch the moments pass
Logbook closes on the passenger side
Another road, another ride
Sun hits dust on the cardboard crown
Pink insulation glows on the ground
Eighteen wheels sleep in the yard below
You found a heaven nobody knows
Coffee pours black in a chipped white cup
Attic light drinks the morning up