Heavy Metal Lyrics - Guy Clark

Some days I think this old machine is out to get me 

Some days she does what I tell her 

It's like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week 

You know I'm talkin' 'bout a big ol' D-10 caterpillar 

I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do 

You know it ain't nothin' but a 

Hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds of steel 

Could be the money, babe, could be the power 

Could be I love the way it feels, could be I love the way it feels 

But you know she's mighty unforgivin', so you got to pay attention 

You know a D-10 can be the death of you 

But I get her all fired up and I can feel it in my soul 

You know it's hard to tell who's drivin' who 

And I can move Alaska all the way to Beirut 

I can bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru 

I can push the rocky mountains into the sea 

You know heavy metal don't mean rock and roll to me 

But you know I'm like a modern day mule skinner 

I'm drivin' ten thousand mules so I got to say a little prayer every day 

Lord, just let me get her turned around 

Without fallin' down this mountain 

'Cause you know the boss don't like me treatin' his D-10 that way 

I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do 

You know it ain't nothin' but a 

Hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds of steel 

Could be the money, babe, could be the power 

Could be I love the way it feels, could be I love the way it feels 

Could be I love the way it feels, could be I love the way it feels