Speedball Tucker

JAMES CROCE

I drive a broke down rig on "may-pop" tires
Forty foot of overload
A lot of people say that I'm crazy
Because I don't know how to take it slow
I got a broomstick on the throttle
I got her opened up and head right down
Nonstop back to Dallas
Poppin' them West Coast turn-arounds

[Chorus]
And they call me Speedball
Speedball Tucker
Terror of the highways
And all them other truckers
Will tell you that the boy is mad
To be drivin' a rig like that

You know the rain may blow
The snow may snow
And the turnpikes they may freeze
But they don't bother ol' Speedball
He goin' any damn way he please
He got a broomstick on the throttle
To keep his throttle foot a-dancin' round
With a cupful of cold black coffee
And a pocketful of West Coast turn-arounds

[Chorus]

One day I looked into my rear view mirror
And a-comin' up from behind
There was a Georgia State policeman
And a hundred dollar fine
Well he looked me in the eye as he was writin' me up
And said "Driver, you been flyin'"
And "Ninety-five is the route you were on
It was not the speed limit sign"

[Chorus: x2]

Trivia about the song Speedball Tucker by Jim Croce

On which albums was the song “Speedball Tucker” released by Jim Croce?
Jim Croce released the song on the albums “Life and Times” in 1973, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce's Greatest Character Songs” in 1977, “The Jim Croce Collection (20 Original Hits)” in 1977, “Down The Highway” in 1980, “The Jim Croce Collection” in 1986, “Live - The Final Tour” in 1989, “Jim Croce: 50th Anniversary Collection” in 1992, “The Lost Recordings” in 2013, and “Lost Time In A Bottle” in 2014.
Who composed the song “Speedball Tucker” by Jim Croce?
The song “Speedball Tucker” by Jim Croce was composed by JAMES CROCE.

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