Idaho Red

[Verse 1]
Listen to a story of a travelin’ man
He has a reputation all across the land
With a Freuhauf special on a GMC
He can haul a bigger load than the Robert E. Lee

[Chorus]
Idaho Red! Wheelin’ and a-dealin’!
Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock!
Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop

[Verse 2]
He takes a load of oranges at the Frisco dock
And he gets to Sacramento about five o’clock
The motor starts a’ hummin’, dollars past her bust
And he shags it out for Denver in a cloud of dust

(It’s Reno, Lovelock, Winnemucka, Battle Mountain, Elko, Wells, and Salt Lake, too!
He throws a burned out flivver into Steamboat Springs
And he sets her down in Denver when the curfew rings!)

[Chorus]
Idaho Red! Wheelin’ and a-dealin’!
Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock!
Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop

[Verse 3]
He has a little session with the dice and cards
And he gets another load at the Denver yards
He heads for Kansas City and for old St. Lou
'Cause has a little date with a gal in old Mizoo

(It’s Limon, Russell, Salina, Junction City, Manhattan, Topeka, and old KC
At Booneville and Columbia he’s a-rollin’ freight, and he makes the Mississippi at a quarter to eight!)

[Chorus]
Idaho Red! Wheelin’ and a-dealin’!
Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock!
Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop

[Verse 4]
He goes to Indianapolis for a brand new load
He checks her at Columbus, and he hits the road
His final destination is the eastern shore
But he’s bound to stay a day or two in Baltimore

(It’s Zanesville, Cambridge, Wheeling, Uniontown, Cumberland, Hagerstown, and Frederick, too
When he gets to Wilmington he’s feeling fine
'Cause he know Atlantic City is the end of the line)

[Chorus]
Idaho Red! Wheelin’ and a-dealin’!
Idaho Red, watch him reel and rock!
Highway 40, main line drive, with a gal at every coffee stop