Convoy
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Can somebody help me with lyrics
to Convoy by C.W. McCall.
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Thank you
Stefan
Bobby...@t-online.de
Childuf60s
to Convoy by C.W. McCall.
Here ya go....
Convoy
Words and Music by C. W. McCall, Bill Fries, and Chip Davis
-Artist:: C. W. McCall as sung on "Country Memories": MCA MSD2-35429
-peak Billboard position # 1 for 1 week in 1975-76
-Words and Music by C. W. McCall, Bill Fries, and Chip Davis
LEGEND: <spoken on CB Radio in background>
(sung by background singers)
<Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You got a copy on me.
Pigpen? C'mon.>
<Ah, yeah, ten-four, Pigpen, for sure, for sure. By golly, it's clean clear to
Flagtown. C'mon.>
<Yeah, that's a big ten-four there, Pigpen. Yeah, we definitely got the front
door,
good buddy. Mercy's sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy>
It was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
And a Kenworth pullin' logs
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs
We's headin' for bear on Eye-one-oh
'bout a mile outta Shakeytown
I says "Pigpen, this here's Rubber Duck"
"And I'm about to put the hammer down"
('cause we got a little ole convoy rockin' thru the night)
(Yeah, we got a little ole convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
(Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)
(We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA)
(Convoy)
<Ah, breaker, Pigpen, this here's Duck 'n' you wanna back off them hogs?>
<Ah, ten-four>
<About 5 mile or so>
<Ten roger>
<Them hogs is gettin' INtense up here.>
By the time we got into Tulsa-town we had 85 trucks in all
But they's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
And them bears 's wall-to-wall
Yeah, them smokeys 's thick as bugs on a bumper
They even had a bear in the air
I says "Callin' all trucks, this here's the Duck"
"We about to go a-huntin' bear"
('cause we got a great big convoy rockin' thru the night)
(Yeah, we got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
(Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)
(We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA)
(Convoy)
<Ah, you wanna give me a ten-nine on that, Pigpen? Negatory, Pigpen, you're
still
too close. Yeah, them hogs is startin' to close up my sinuses. Mercy's sake,
you
better back off another ten>
Well, we rolled up Interstate Forty-Four
Like a rocket-sled on rails
We tore up all of our swindle sheets
And left 'em settin' on the scales
By the time we hit that "Chi-town"
Them bears was a-gettin smart
They brought up some reinforcements
From the "Illinoise" National Guard
There's armored cars and tanks and jeeps
'n' rigs of ev'ry size
Yeah, them chicken coops was full of bears
And choppers filled the skies
Well, we shot the line, we went for broke
With a thousand screamin' trucks
And eleven long-haired friends of Jesus
In a chartreuse microbus
<Ah, Rubber Duck, this 's Sodbuster. C'mon here>
<Yeah, ten-four, Sodbuster. Listen, ya wanna put that microbus in behind that
<suicide-jockey?>
<Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite and he needs all the help he can get>
Well, we laid a strip for the Jersey Shore
Prepared to cross the line
I could see the bridge was lined with bears
But I didn't have a doggone dime
I says "Pigpen, this here's the Rubber Duck"
"We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll"
So we crashed the gate doin' ninety-eight
I says "let them truckers roll, ten-four"
('cause we got a mighty convoy rockin' thru the night)
(Yeah, we got a mighty convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
(Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)
(We gonna roll this truckin' convoy 'cross the USA)
(Convoy)
<Ah, ten-four, Pigpen. What's your twenty? OMAHA? Well, they oughta know
what to do with them hogs out there, for sure. Well, mercy's sakes, good
buddy,
we gonna back on outta here, so keep your thumbs off your glass and the bears
off your...tail. We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber
Duck on
the side. We gone. 'bye, 'bye>
Transcribed by Walter Bronson
riverman
>
> >Can somebody help me with lyrics
> to Convoy by C.W. McCall.
>
> Here ya go....
>
> Convoy
> Words and Music by C. W. McCall, Bill Fries, and Chip Davis
Hey Childuf: we meet again :-)
I had heard that CW McCall *was* Chip Davis. Is this so? I also heard
that the members of Manheim Steamroller also had a part in 'Convoy', but
as FreshAire isn't really my taste, I have no idea who or how...
Tell me what you know..?
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Childuf60s
>that the members of Manheim Steamroller also had a part in 'Convoy', but
>as FreshAire isn't really my taste, I have no idea who or how...
This is from "The All-Music Guide"...
http://www.allmusic.com/
which is a superb online reference btw if you don't already have the book:
"Essentially a character created by advertising executive William Fries, C.W.
McCall was the instrumental figure behind the truck-driving craze that swept
America in the mid-'70s. Fries was born November 15, 1928, in Audubon, Iowa,
and while he displayed musical promise as a child, he was more interested in
graphic design. While attending the University of Iowa, Fries studied music and
played in the school's concert band, but his major was in fine arts, and after
graduation he began handling the art chores at an Omaha, Nebraska television
station. After five years there, he was hosting his own program, on which he
drew caricatures of celebrities.
Fries signed on as the art director for an Omaha advertising agency in the
early 1960s, and it was there that he created the character C.W. McCall as a
selling tool for an area bakery. A trucker for the fictional Old Home Bread
company who spent much of his time in a diner called "The Old Home
Filler-Up-an'-Keep-On-a-Truckin' Cafe," the McCall character was a huge hit
with viewers, and the radio campaign won Fries the advertising industry's
prestigious Clio Award. In 1974, Fries decided to cut a record under the McCall
moniker, and the single, a monologue with country backing titled after the
aforementioned cafe, was a Top Twenty hit. A follow-up, "Wolf Creek Pass," was
even more successful.
In 1975, McCall released the album Black Bear Road; the single "Convoy" hit
Number One on both the pop and country charts, and a national craze was born.
The song proved so successful that it influenced the famed filmmaker Sam
Peckinpah to direct the 1978 film Convoy, starring Kris Kristofferson. By the
time of the film's release, however, McCall's career was largely over. He
released two more LPs, 1975's Wolf Creek Pass and 1977's Roses for Mama, which
did spawn a major hit in its title track. But shortly after the latter album's
release, McCall turned his back on the music industry to focus on the
burgeoning environmental movement and moved to the small town of Ouray,
Colorado, of which he was elected mayor in 1982. An attempt at a comeback in
1990 proved unsuccessful. -- Jason Ankeny, All-Music Guide"
As for Manheim Steamroller... LOL... doubtful...but I think they *did* play a
part in the Ventures version of "Telstar". <ducking>
Childie ;)
Awcantor
I did see Convoy on the International Lyrics Server..I'm positive. I notice
they're closed down! I'm sick about it! I hope it comes back on line.
I'll keep lookin for ya.
Awca...@AOL.com
p b
only be close.
Spoken: Uh yea Big Ben you got yer ears on........................Thats
a big 10-4 good buddie, its clean clear to flagtown come
on...............Well mercy sakes alive it looks like we got ourselfs a
convoy.
By the dark of the moon on the 6th of June with a Kenworth pullin logs,
A cabover Pete with a Reefer on, and a Jimmy, haulin hogs. I was headin
for Bear(?) on a I-1-0 bout a mile out of Shaker(?) town, so I called
all the trucks, this heres the Duck, and were bout to put the hammer
down.
Cause we got a great big convoy truckin through the night, yes we got a
mighty convoy aint she a beautiful sight. Comeon and join our convey
aint nothing gonna get in our way, we gonna role this truckin convoy
cross the USA, convoy.
SPOKEN: whoa Big Ben whats yer 20............Negatory Big Ben, you
better back off 10.
I will remember the rest and post it!
Chris Maukonen
('cause we got a great big convoy rockin' thru the night)
(Yeah, we got a great big convoy, ain't she a beautiful sight?)
(Come on and join our convoy, ain't nothin' gonna get in our way)
off your??..tail. We'll catch you on the flip-flop. This here's the Rubber Duck on
the side. We gone. 'bye, 'bye>
Transcribed by Robin Hood
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