This eighteen-wheeler's rolling heavy through the desert tonight
I've been driving all day but I won't shut her down tonight
I just pulled out of Santa Fe, I'm gonna make it home by the break of day
Cause the midnight hauler is cannon balling her home

I got my load strapped down and my Peterbilt's a-wound up tight
I got my saddle full of diesel and my belly full of coffee and whites
I've been talking on the radio, keeping track of old Smokey Joe
Cause the midnight hauler is cannon balling her home

I got a little woman waiting back in old KC
Lord, that sweet gentle woman don't love nobody but old RB
I just called her on the telephone, I said "Tomorrow night you won't sleep alone
Cause the midnight hauler is cannon balling her home"

The highway is deserted, it's a Saturday night
Ain't nobody but the moon and the trucks in sight
Streaking across the desert like a lightning flash
I'm going home, baby, got to get there fast

This eighteen-wheeler's rolling heavy through the desert tonight
Lord, I've been driving all day but I won't shut her down tonight
I just pulled out of Santa Fe, I'm gonna make it home by the break of day
Cause the midnight hauler is cannon balling her home