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Im goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
Im goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine

White freight liner
Wont you steal away my mind
Ah, new mexico aint bad, lord
And the people there they treat you kind
And the people there they treat you kind

Well, its bad news from houston
Half my friends are dying
Well, its bad news from houston
Half my friends are dying

Ah, lord, Im gonna ramble
Till I get back to where I came
Ah, lord, Im gonna ramble
Till I get back to where I came

Im goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine
Im goin out on the highway
Listen to them big trucks whine

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theboob On Sep 28, 2006

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Cover art for White Freightliner Blues lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

by Simon69

16y ago

I love this song. But I have problems to understand it completely.

New Mexico? Half of my friends are dying in Houston?

Do anyone understand that?

Thanks for information!

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Cover art for White Freightliner Blues lyrics by Townes Van Zandt

by kylegraybeach

15y ago

The white freight liner is and allegory for drugs like cocaine.

"white freight liner, won't you steal away my mind."

Its probably also about being on the road, my friend.

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by RustyGB 3y ago

@kylegraybeach My friends and I were discussing this song (after performing it) just yesterday, whether it was a cocaine song, or a truckin' song. We decided it's both!

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