Highway Man Lyrics - The Buck Owen's Buckaroos

I drove a Jimmy Diesel from Mojave 

Up to the summit of Cajun 

Headed down the hill to San Bernardino 

Pushed by twenty tons of silt and stone 

The warning buzzer sounded, I was low on air 

I checked the pressure gage and there was no pressure there 

I looked at the deep and rocky canyon down below 

And I said, "Man, what a way to go" 

I saw a red light in my side view mirror 

I knew there was a highway man behind 

I tried to shift her down one but I missed her 

Then she really started to unwind 

Well, that patrolman passed me like I was standin still 

His siren started screamin as he headed down the hill 

That highway man had got a crazy notion I could see 

He was gonna try to clear the road for me 

I read a sign, trucks 30 miles per hour 

I watched the hand go round and hit the peg 

That patrol car was burnin up the highway 

And I was on him like a license tag 

I started toward the ditch then I lost my nerve 

I side swiped a bob-tail as I straightened the curve 

I opened up my eyes and I was back on level ground 

But it took five more miles to shut her down 

That highway man walked up and put his hand out 

And I reached out and shook it like a man 

He shook me loose and said, "Let's see your license 

And dont get wise with me, I'll run you in" 

"Now, wheres your registration? Who owns that machine?" 

He wrote me up a ticket longer than a witches dream 

There's a lot of things in this ole world, I dont understand 

One of them's a doggone highway man 

One of them's a doggone highway man