[national weather alert ]
“Severe Thunderstorm Warning… wind gusts up to eighty miles per hour…”
Yeah…
Matthew Murphy…
Southbound…
I-39…
[Verse 1]
Monroe Center in the rearview sky turning black
Rochelle disappeared underneath a cloud stack
Lee County looking like the end of the world
Lightning cutting through a dark gray swirl
Phone blowing up with alerts every minute
Weather app screaming don’t get caught in it
Load on my back gotta keep moving south
Counting every mile every marker every route
[Build]
Wind picking up
Steering wheel fighting back
Wipers coming on
[Fast Rap]
Ticktockswishswashraindropswindshield
Griplockedheadupbothhandsdontyield
Flashpopboomcrackwhitelightcornfield
Crosswindtruckshakeholdlinestayreal
Milemarkersflyingcbsquawking
Everybodyaskingwhostillrolling
Stormcellsbuildingradarspinning
Eightywarningcloudsnotkidding
[Chorus]
Eighty mile an hour warning
Rolling down I-39
Lightning turning night to daylight
Storm clouds filling up the sky
Paw Paw down through Oglesby
Mother Nature took control
You can make a thousand plans
But the weather owns the road
[Verse 2]
Lostant vanished in a wall of rain
Couldn’t see the shoulder couldn’t see the lane
Wenona hit hard news came through
Hirschbach rolled and every driver knew
Makes you think different sitting in that seat
Knowing one bad gust can change everything
Sirens cutting through the thunder overhead
Every trucker thinking what if that was me instead
[Fast Rap Double Time]
Rainhittingharderwipersmovingfaster
Thundergettinglouderweatherdisaster
Northboundsouthboundeverybodyscattered
Dispatchdontcareweatherstillmatters
Redcellhailcellhookechomaybe
Eightythousandpoundstreatedlikeababy
Onegustoneshovonesecondshady
Everymileearnedoutheredontplayme
[Bridge]
Mount Vernon
Benton
Storm still chasing me south
[Fast Rap Finale]
MountVernonlightsbreakingthroughtherain
Bentongettingcloserstillinthegame
Trailerdancingcrosswindswinging
Warningalarmsandthundersinging
Radarspinningsirenscrying
Whiteflashlightningallaroundflying
Cloudsstartbreakingcolorsshowing
Thatsthestorystormskeepgoing
[Final Chorus]
Eighty mile an hour warning
Rolling down I-39
From Monroe Center down to Benton
Storm burned into my mind
Black clouds tried to own the highway
But we kept that freight in line
Just another trucker story
Running south through summertime
[Outro]
“The National Weather Service has allowed the warning to expire…”
Engine humming
Wipers slowing
Southbound
xMatthewxMurphyx
