Phantom 309-Boxcar Willie

[ti:Phantom 309] [ar:Various Artists] [al:Truckin' - The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Phantom 309 - Boxcar Willie [00:08.99]Things didn't work out an' I was down on my luck [00:11.99] [00:13.37]Got tired of roamin' and bummin' around [00:15.57] [00:16.25]So I started thumbin' back east toward my home town [00:19.12] [00:21.86]Now I made a lotta miles the first few days [00:24.51] [00:25.44]I figured I'd be home in a week if my luck held out this way [00:29.19] [00:30.70]But the third night out I got stranded way out of town [00:34.16] [00:35.10]At a cold lonely crossroads: rain was pouring down [00:38.35] [00:40.76]I was hungry an' freezin' an' done caught a chill [00:43.70] [00:44.64]When the lights of a big semi topped the hill [00:47.26] [00:49.02]Lord I sure was glad to hear them air brakes come on [00:52.08] [00:53.34]An 'I climbed in that cab where I knew it'd be warm [00:56.46] [00:57.71]At the wheel sat a big man he weighed about 210 [01:00.90] [01:02.34]He stuck out his hand and said with a grin: [01:05.02] [01:05.96]"Big Joe's the name " an' I told him mine [01:08.77] [01:09.90]He said: "The name of my rig is Phantom 309 " [01:13.04] [01:15.56]Well I asked him why he called his rig such a name [01:18.48] [01:19.10]He said: "Son this ol' Mac can put 'em all to shame [01:22.29] [01:22.85]"Well there ain't a driver or rig runnin any line [01:25.26] [01:26.01]"That's seen nothin' but taillights from Phantom 309 " [01:28.64] [01:32.52]Well we rode and talked the better part of the night [01:35.46] [01:36.08]When the lights of a truck stop came in sight [01:38.71] [01:39.99]He said: "I'm sorry son this is far as you go [01:42.82] [01:43.75]"'Cause I gotta make a turn just on up the road " [01:46.40] [01:49.04]Well he tossed me a dime as he pulled her in low [01:52.13]An' said: "Have yourself a hot cup on old Big Joe " [01:55.07] [01:56.07]When Joe an' his rig roared out into the night [01:58.57] [01:59.26]Iin nothing flat he was clean outta sight [02:01.97] [02:03.48]Well I went inside an' ordered me a cup [02:05.66] [02:06.60]An' told the waiter Big Joe was a-settin' me up [02:09.05] [02:10.82]Aw you could of heard a pin drop: it got deathly quiet [02:14.52] [02:16.08]An' the waiter's face turned kinda white [02:17.97] [02:19.27]"Well did I say somethin' wrong " I said with a half way grin [02:23.48] [02:24.77]He said: "Naw " This happened every now an' then [02:27.33] [02:28.77]"Every driver in here knows Big Joe [02:30.66] [02:31.91]"But son let me tell you what happened about 10 years ago [02:35.15] [02:36.46]"At the crossroads tonight where you flagged him down [02:38.96] [02:40.21]"There was a bus load of kids a-comin' from town [02:42.92] [02:43.96]"An' they were right in the middle when Big Joe topped the hill [02:47.18] [02:48.36]"It could have been slaughter but he turned his wheels [02:51.06] [02:52.39]"Well Joe lost control an' went into a skid | [02:55.71] [02:57.09]"Gave his life to save that bunch of kids [02:59.39] [03:00.33]"There at that crossroads was the end of the line [03:02.74] [03:03.49]"Fore Big Joe an' Phantom 309 [03:05.44] [03:07.13]"But every now and then some hiker will come by [03:09.58] [03:10.90]"An' like you Big Joe will give him a ride [03:13.35] [03:13.99]"Here have another cup an' forget about the dime [03:16.20] [03:17.00]"Keep it as a souvenier from Big Joe and Phantom 309 "