The Life Of A Trucker's Life & Wife

THE WIFE OF A TRUCK DRIVER IS A HARD WAY.
YOU WATCH FOR HIM DAY AFTER DAY.

THE LOAD MUST ARRIVE ON TIME NO MATTER WHAT
NO EATING OR SLEEPING HE GIES IT ALL HE'S GOT.

THE "RIG" IS HIS WOMAN--SHE GETS HIM THERE.
HAULING WHO KNOWS WHAT--TO WHO KNOWS WHERE.

DELIVER THE LOAD, THE ROAD IS LONG. HE IS ALONE.
JUST HOPING THE NEXT MIGHT LEAD TO HOME.

A WIFE , FAMILY AND A BIG EASY CHAIR.
WAIT FOR HIM WHEN HE GETS THERE.

A HOME COOKED MEAL, A SHOWER, AND NEEDED SLEEP.
HIS BODY NEEDS ALL OF THESE BUT HE WON'T LET OUT A PEEP.

SHE KEEPS THINGS RUNNING SMOOTH WHILE HE IS AWAY.
WHEN WILL HE BE HOME? MAYBE TODAY.

SHE WORRIES ABOUT THE WEATHER: THE ICE AND SNOW.
HE'S CAREFUL WHERE EVER HE GOES.

THE MORE LOADS HE DELIVERS- THE MORE THE PAY.
SHE MISSES HIM- WHY MUST IT BE THIS WAY?

IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS WHEN HE PULLS IN HOME.
HE'S LOVED & PAMPERED - SHE'S NOT ALONE.

SHE DON'T MIND HIM SLEEPING IN HIS EASY CHAIR.
HE LOOKS SO GOOD AND COMFORTABLE THERE.

WHEN PAYDAY COMES SHE BRINGS IT IN.
SHE OPENS IT AND WISHES IT WAS HIM.

HE STAYS AS LONG AS HE CAN.
BUT HE MUST GET THE LOAD TO THE MAN.

SHE SENDA SOME FOOD, NEW CLOTHES, AND LOVE.
AND KNOWSA HE'S WATCHED OVER BY SOME ONE UP ABOVE.

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