He was a truck driving man
This cat he had nine wives
A wife in every state from Carolina to California
And he took all the women for a ride

He'd kiss a different one goodbye each morning
Then he would be on his way
With a little pleasure 'long Highway 80
It took him nine days to cross the USA

Sometimes he was a little confused
Walking round like he was in a fog
He couldn't remember their names
So he wrote them all down in his logs

He was a truck driving man
This cat he had nine wives
A wife in every state from Carolina to California
And he took all the women for a ride

Then one day as it happened
He ran off a mountainside
They looked at his log and they found
Nine women had to be notified

The women they came with all their children
Each one said "Yeah, that's my pa"
The women they finally agreed
They were just widows-in-law

Now that the funeral is over
His belongings they were divided up
You ought to have seen those little women
Cutting up that old diesel truck

He was a truck driving man
This cat he had nine wives
A wife in every state from Carolina to California
And he took all the women for a ride

And he took all the women for a ride