Speedball Tucker Lyrics

The song Speedball Tucker is performed by Jim Croce in the album named Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection in the year 1992 .



I drive a broke down rig on 'May-Pop' tires
Forty foot of overload
A lot of people say that I'm crazy
Because I don't know how to take it slow

I got a broomstick on the throttle
I got her opened up and head right down
Nonstop back to Dallas
Poppin' them West Coast turn-arounds

And they call me Speedball
Speedball Tucker
Terror of the highways
And all them other truckers
Will tell you that the boy is mad
To be drivin' in a rig like that

You know the rain may blow
The snow may snow
And the turnpikes, they may freeze
But they don't bother ol' Speedball
He goin' any damn way he please

He got a broomstick on the throttle
To keep his throttle foot a-dancin' 'round
With a cupful of cold black coffee
And a pocketful of West Coast turn-arounds

And they call me Speedball
Speedball Tucker
Terror of the highways
And all them other truckers
Will tell you that the boy is mad
To be drivin' in a rig like that

One day I looked into my rear view mirror
And a-comin' up from behind
There was a Georgia State policeman
And a hundred dollar fine

Well, he looked me in the eye as he was writin' me up
And said, "Driver, you've been flyin'
And ninety five was the route you were on
It was not the speed limit sign"

And they call me Speedball
Speedball Tucker
Terror of the highways
And all them other truckers
Will tell you that the boy is mad
To be drivin' in a rig like that

Yeah, they call me Speedball
Speedball Tucker
Terror of the highways
And all them other truckers
Will tell you that the boy is mad
To be drivin' in a rig like that




Jim Croce - Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection

Sep 1992

  1. Spin, Spin, Spin
  2. Vespers
  3. Big Wheel
  4. Cigarettes, Whiskey & Wild, Wild Women
  5. (And) I Remember Her
  6. Cotton Mouth River
  7. More Than That Tomorrow
  8. The Migrant Worker
  9. Child Of Midnight
  10. Stone Walls
  11. King's Song
  12. Mississippi Lady
  13. Which Way Are You Goin'
  14. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
  15. You Don't Mess Around With Jim
  16. Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day
  17. New York's Not My Home
  18. Hard Time Losin' Man
  19. Photographs And Memories
  20. Walkin' Back To Georgia
  21. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
  22. Time In A Bottle
  23. Box #10
  24. A Long Time Ago
  25. Hey Tomorrow
  26. Chain Gang Medley: Chain Gang/He Don't Love/Searchin'
  27. Old Man River
  28. Careful Man
  29. These Dreams
  30. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
  31. Dreamin' Again
  32. Alabama Rain
  33. A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
  34. Next Time, This Time
  35. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
  36. One Less Set Of Footsteps
  37. Roller Derby Queen
  38. Speedball Tucker
  39. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
  40. I Got A Name
  41. Recently
  42. Five Short Minutes
  43. Thursday
  44. The Hard Way Every Time
  45. Age
  46. Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
  47. Lover's Cross
  48. Salon And Saloon
  49. Top Hat Bar And Grille


Speedball Tucker