You heard about the legend of Jesse James
just to mention some names
But there's a truck driving legend
A man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.
Every gear jammer knows his name
They swear he got icewater runnin' in his veins
A foot like lead, and nerves like steel
He's gonna go to glory ridin 18 wheels
He left Atlanta back in '63
Haulin' him a load up to Tennessee
He hit Monteagle in a driving rain
So hard he couldn't even see the passing lane
Well he started down the grade
He hit them brakes found he had no air
The Monteagle grade is steep and long
And everybody that seen it
thought the Bandit was gone
Well his truck jack-knifed,
He was coming down backwards
A lot of folks seen him and they all say
He had his head out the window
Well he got to the bottom safe and sound
Everybody asked Bandit how he made it down
He said folks when the truck
I just ran along beside it and drug my feet
You heard about the legend of Jesse James
just to mention some names
But there's a truck driving legend
A man called Bandit from Atlanta G.A.
Every gear jammer knows his name
They swear he got icewater runnin' in his veins
A foot like lead, and nerves like steel
He's gonna go to glory ridin 18
