Eagle

If a load was illegal they'd call on the Eagle That trucker'd been cheatin' for years He lived on back highways and unpatrolled byways With only his conscience to hear He made his first run at the age 21 With a load of bootleg alcohol Well his time is near done cause he's planned his last run With the biggest payload of them all He's an old gear jammer Puttin' down his last hammer Headed straight for that slammer Or a hole in the ground If Smokey should miss him Or an angel don't kiss him Then the devil might get him 'Cause he is hell bound He weren't into high jackin' with his fifth wheel a backin' To hook into some booze was a breeze With his hot cargo rollin' though silence is golden Somebody had called the police In a bar in Juarez a gal named Inez Was waiting for Eagle that night But how could she know in the dawn's early glow That the Eagle was on his last flight As he drove through the night pay day was in sight Two hours and his trip would be done It was his last load over smugglers' road He'd soon see his Mexican son Well he knew they were there when red lights lit the air Old Eagle had entered their trap On that crooked road with his crooked load He knew there was no turnin' back That truck it was loaded and when she exploded Went over that rail it's a quick way to die The hillside is a cookin' but Smokey can't book him Old Eagle he's now flyin' high