Diesel On My Tail Lyrics - Del Reeves

I just pulled onto the highway in my little foreign car 

Well it's rainin' and the road is really bad 

Never saw that big ole diesel but I heard him hit the air 

I got a feeling that I might have made him mad 

There's a diesel on my tail a making ninety miles an hour 

And my reflection in my mirror is mighty pale 

I can hear St Peter calling I can almost smell the flowers 

Can this compact take the impact there's a diesel on my tail 

Well he closed the gap between us pushed the pedal on the floor 

He's makin' ninety in that big ole diesel truck 

Hear the names he's callin' me above the engine's roar 

And the words won't be found in Webster's book 

There's a diesel on my tail... 

Well I'm huffin' and a puffin' as I try to make the grade 

And I wish I had some pedals on this car 

Then I'm slippin' and a slidin' and afraid to touch the brake 

For this doodle bug could never stand the jar 

There's a diesel on my tail... 

Well I'm slippin' and a slidin' tryin' to hold it in the road 

And I tell you I just got to win this race 

While I'm tremblin' and a shakin' he's a pourin' on the coal 

So close that I can steal his licence plate 

There's a diesel on my tail...