Dark Is the Night
That endless black ribbon is a truck driver's home
with his bunk there behind him,he's destined to roam
Outside of the circle,on the fringes of life
he feels the rejection,from even his wife
Oh,he knows the truth,'neath the smiles pasted on
but he keeps to himself,turns away and moves on
Dispatch says get there as quick as you can
when will they consider,he is but a man
The reciever,the shipper,wanted him yesterday
now here,at the moment,finds himself in the way
Oh,he knows the story,he's heard it before
with a shrug of his shoulders,he walks toward the door
He's never needed,'til the load has to go
and then he must roll through the rain and the snow
He hurts with a passion for they all patronise
but he'll never let them see the tears in his eyes
He goes the distance,ignoring the pain
and cursing the weather he moves on through the rain
The price that he pays,what he gives of himself
in this life,finds his place,out in back on the shelf
He lives all alone in his cabin on wheels
and nobody knows all the pain that he feels
His wife and his family,busy watching their show
their friends more important,always someplace to go
The precious few moments he gets on the phone
are too often unanswered,'cause nobody's home
Should he make a connection,he;ll only be told
there's another call waiting and put him on hold
The loneliness,the sorrow,the heartwrenching pain
is it a wonder that some go insane
Outside of the circle,on the fringes of life
the wounds deep within,for long is the knife
No,nobody knows what a truck driver feels
he just prays he can drown it,'neath the sound of the wheels
That endless black ribbon stretches far out of sight
ever deeper in darkness,he rolls through the night!
Copyright © Dan Blake | Year Posted 2007
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