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 Read an ad in Chicago's Sunday paper  
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Help wanted semi driver needed bad 
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I walked in I said I'd like to see the foreman  
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I told him all the experience that I had  
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He said son you're just the man I needed  
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Handed me the keys and shook my hand  
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He pointed to the truck and said I'll see you  
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 Take that load of steel to Birmin' ham. 
 
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Well I finally got inside and got it started  
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Put it into gear and started backin' up  

Tried every way to get it goin' forward 
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Oh, but I ain't never drove a big old truck  
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Well it wasn't easy backin' through the traffic  
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And I'll bet I'm the first truck drivin' man  
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That ever left Chicago in a semi  
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And backed it all the way to Birgin'- ham. 
 
Well, the police pulled me over down in Nashville 

What do you think you're doin', I just smiled  

I said I just got tired of goin' forward  

And I thought I'd drive it backwards for a while  

I backed it in a truck stop and said fill it 

And check the oil, it probably needs a can  

Oh, he said tell me which way are you backin'  

I said I'm backin' south to Birmin'ham.  
 
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