Ballad of Mudflap

[Verse 1]
He rolled out at midnight, headlights dimmed low,
With a toothpick in his teeth and a line of blow.
Mudflap’s rig was rattlin’, but his hands stayed tight,
Haulin’ weight through the shadows of the endless night.
[Chorus]
He didn’t give a damn neither, no rules, no name,
Burnin’ diesel and bridges in a devil’s game.
Fast lane, fast life, with the reaper in sight,
Mudflap kept rollin’ till he vanished in the night.
[Verse 2]
Lot lizards knockin’, trading sin for cash,
In the haze of truck stop neon, dreams turn to ash.
Meth smoke curling, nerves tight as a string,
The hum of his engine was the only song he’d sing.
[Prechorus]
Ain’t no heaven for the outlawed soul,
Just a long black ribbon and a heavy toll.
[Chorus]
He didn’t give a damn neither, no rules, no name,
Burnin’ diesel and bridges in a devil’s game.
Fast lane, fast life, with the reaper in sight,
Mudflap kept rollin’ till he vanished in the night.
[Bridge]
Steel wheels screamin’, a ghost on the run,
Weigh stations dodged like bullets from a gun.
Lost to the road, to the dust and the dope,
Mudflap’s only prayer was a whisper of hope.

acoustic with slide guitar and sparse percussion, gritty, country, ballad, country blues, dark, male vocals, country blues ballad, deep