The Road Hammers - I'm A Road Hammer

When you're on the road, Trucking music is what you need. Sure, you could put on the old classics (Convoy, anyone?), but what if you want something new?

The Road Hammers have taken the old highway songs, spiced them up with some Southern Rock flavor, and rolled south from Alberta. Their eponymous 2005 debut album was a real waltz drive down memory lane, covering Convoy, East Bound And Down, and Little Feat's Willin'. Go ahead and tap your toes - just make sure they're the toes on your left foot.

As a Canadian band, they've gotten quite a lot of attention up north, and won a Juno Award for their debut album. They still haven't quite broken into the US market in a big way, which is a shame. Rocked-up Country nostalgia, great covers of great old trucking songs, and a bunch of new, original tunes - what's not to like?

So go ahead, put the hammer down. You know you want to ...




I'm A Road Hammer (songwriters: Denny Carr, Jason McCoy)

I'm a road man, a load man, eighteen wheels and a serious plan
Ain't nothin' gonna go gettin' outta hand while I'm behind the wheel
I'm on fire, and I'm wired, full of diesel and ready for hire
I'm buildin' a rollin' empire of blood, sweat and steel

I don't waste time, I make time, tearin' a strip off the white line
I'm a professional man, I'm one of a kind, and I know how to bring it in
I've got a clean slate in five states, and twenty-nine that ain't so great
Fourteen that'll have to wait, and two I've never been

I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer
Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do
I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer
Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo

I've hauled the left coast, the west coast
California sun where they're chillin' the most
Follow 309 Teddy Bears ghost, All the way to New Orleans
I've been from Thunder Bay, to PA
All the way down to FLA, And every little town along the way
There ain't much that I haven't seen

I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer
Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do
I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer
Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo

Bridge:Another day, another town
Diesel up, and hammer down

I've got a pimped ride, a pretty bride
Four little babies and my hound reside
Back in the hills on the mountain side
South of the river bend
I've got my cell phone, she's on roam
Sweet little thing wants to get it on
She says I left somethin' turned on at home
She can't wait 'till I'm back again

I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer
Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do
I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer
Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo

I'm a road hammer, a white knuckled steel gear jammer
Rig jockey highway slammer, I'm just doin' what I gotta do
I'm a road hammer, double talkin' CB grammer
Haul your load from Alabama all the way to Timbuktoo