The Buck Owen's Buckaroos - Highway Man lyrics

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 pa**ed 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