Texas Weigh Station

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Texas Weigh StationTexas weigh stationI used to watch the semis move state to stateMy dreams hitched rides on rusty license platesThose dreams were my best vacationFrom that Texas weigh stationTexas weigh stationI’d hear country music on those Kenworth radiosAnd know I wasn’t happy with the life I choseI longed to see more of our great nationThan that Texas weigh stationOne summer day I fin’lly came to my sensesAsked this old trucker if he was bound for MemphisDropped my clipboard…jumped in his white FreightlinerHeard the seeds of a hundred songs from that old timerO Texas weigh stationI was foolin’ myself sayin’ I had faithWhen my whole life I’d just played it safeNow I hear a different destination Than that Texas weigh station©2007 Robert George