Slip the Clutch

Slip the clutch in the bull nose truck

I'm headin' for the boat

Well, I never said goodbye to the woman this time

And I left her a note

Well, I'm up three steps in heaven

Well, on the highway to hell

And I know it'll be a while before I say goodbye

'Cause I know you're lookin' well (Hey)

It was just my luck to be given the truck

With an eeget of a load

And vice grips and a hammer and adjustable spanner

And a roarin' V8 STO

The tachograph was turnin' black

As I passed the London Eye

With one eye on the road and the other on the phone

Took a selfie passin' by

All chains and cranes, up roads and lanes

And slurry and money by the ton

Blowin' the airhorn loud, goin' through the towns

And startin' her on the run

Haulin' wood and grub up this double-drive top

As the road was rubbin' the flaps

Well, there was a good laugh till I broke a half-shaft

And busted the gearbox

Fifty ton plus and forty foot behind

Twenty-four seven on the O-19

And baby, I'm comin' back to you

Oh, slip the clutch in the bull nose truck

I'm headin' for the boat

Well, I never said goodbye to the woman this time

And I left her a note

Well, I'm up three steps in heaven

Well, on the highway to hell

And I know it'll be a while before I say goodbye

'Cause I know you're lookin' well (Hey)

Slap some grease on the fifth-wheel base

And legs and pipes and lights

Go under the Liffey in Dublin city

Like New York City at night

Haulin' for the Council with airbags bouncin'

The tippin' ramp still up

Had to tip the load while still on the go

'Cause I hadn't got time to stop

Haulin' meal and grain on boats and trains

And oil and fags and drink

And drivin' like hell until the self propel

And hopin' she don't sink

If your luck runs out, get home on the bounce

And get super Hampton Boots

Buy a loaf and a V8 coat

And twenty lamps for the roof

Fifty ton plus and forty foot behind

Twenty-four seven on the O-19

And baby, I'm comin' back to you

Oh, slip the clutch in the bull nose truck

I'm headin' for the boat

Well, I never said goodbye to the woman this time

But I left her a note

Well, I'm up three steps in heaven

Well, on the highway to hell

And I know it'll be a while before I say goodbye

'Cause I know you're lookin' well (Hey)

Doin' the ton while down the M-1

When the limiter fuse did melt

When the woman rang and said, sorry, tang

But you know I met someone else

With two chrome stacks roarin' up the back

On the bang flat out in top

My only fear in an understeer

Would I get her stopped at that dock?

Rojo honey got the hammer to the floor

If that's your twenty, that's a big ten-four

But, baby, I'm still comin' back to you

Oh, slip the clutch in the bull nose truck

I'm headin' for the boat

Well, I never said goodbye to the woman this time

But I left her a note

Well, I'm up three steps in heaven

Well, on the highway to hell

And I know it'll be a while before I say goodbye

'Cause I know you're lookin' well (Hey)