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I'm an old hog haulerI drive a big truck.Shot the pinball machinebut it brought me bad luck.If oceans was whiskeyand I was a duckI'd dive into itand never come up.I wish they'd outlaw them old pinball machines.Many weeks they've made melive on sardines. Last time I called my wifeon the telephoneFirst thing she said to me was "John when can you come home?""I've got a lot of lodgers and they've got to go."I said, "I'll see you when I get backfrom the depot."She said "John, you know I love youSongtexteI wish you wouldn't go.""Send your babies some money, they're hungry and cold."The last thing she said,and then she hung up, Said, "John you gave up my lovin'to drive and old truck."I made my tripup to the depot.I was gone two months cause I shot up my dough.When I got home, my family was gone.The best friend I hadrung my telephone.He said, "John, I guess you wonderabout your babies and wife."Pneumonia got your babiesand your wife took her life.I've lost all my friends.Can't sleep for bad dreams.I dream about an old truckand a pinball machine.(spoken)I never will forget the last words that old man said: "Oh, Lord. If I could live my life over -And then he fell dead. Victim of an old truck.He was a clean-cut young man - at the age of 19.But now he's in his grave - the victimof an old truck - and a pinball...machine... Aus Songtexte Mania