Midnight Haulin’ (18 Wheels from Hell)

[Verse 1]
Midnight haulin’ down a busted line
Coffee gone cold
Dashboard shrine
Cross hangin’ from the rearview shakes
Dust on my boots
Hands startin’ to ache
[Chorus]
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
Diesel draggin’ all my demons
Devil’s callin’ from the radio glow
God’s ridin’ shotgun sayin’ “take it slow”
Dreams in the trailer
Police in the mirror
Road gets dirty when the end gets nearer
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
And I keep leanin’ on
[Verse 2]
Blue lights flicker in the rain-soaked glass
Ticket on my mind
Foot on the gas
Devil on my left sayin’ “run that sign”
Lord on my right sayin’ “boy
You’ll be fine”
[Chorus]
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
Diesel draggin’ all my demons
Devil’s callin’ from the radio glow
God’s ridin’ shotgun sayin’ “take it slow”
Dreams in the trailer
Police in the mirror
Road gets dirty when the end gets nearer
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
And I keep leanin’ on
[Bridge]
If I make it to the line by dawn
Will I cash this check
Or just move on
Chasin’ ghosts in the highway steam
Grindin’ gears through a broke-down dream (oh)
[Chorus]
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
Diesel draggin’ all my demons
Devil’s callin’ from the radio glow
God’s ridin’ shotgun sayin’ “take it slow”
Dreams in the trailer
Police in the mirror
Road gets dirty when the end gets nearer
Eighteen wheels from hell
They’re screamin’
And I keep leanin’ on (keep leanin’ on)
Yeah
I keep leanin’ on

rock, Gritty country rock with male vocals and a swaggering halftime groove; twangy Telecaster riffs over crunchy barroom drums and a throbbing, slightly distorted bass. Verses stay low and smoky, telling the story in tight phrases; chorus kicks wider with stacked gang vocals on the hook and a sliding lap steel answering the vocal lines. Brief guitar lick fills the spaces between lines, and the bridge drops to kick, bass, and a single tremolo guitar before slamming back into the final chorus., country rock