OldTroubador's blog post - A Trucker's Merry Christmas

Picking up freight and delivering loads
Pushing cross country on highways and roads
Rolling on down through foul weather and fair
To a truck stop and counting the miles till I?m there
Stopping to shower, eat a meal, then to bed
Grab a few hours sleep and I?ll do it again

Lights decorate light poles, houses, and stores
Outlining windows, porches, and doors
Town squares and neighborhoods, oh how they shine
Colorful lights dance through shrubbery or climb trees like a vine
And the stockings are hung from the mantles with care
In the hopes that Saint Nicholas soon will be there

And I don?t know where I?ll be
When folks start rockin? ?round that Christmas tree
But if you listen real close you?ll hear the radio play
A trucker?s Merry Christmas from the highway

Cruising the four lane through the cold, dark night
Seeing decorations on houses, so cheerful and bright
Thinking of families round the cozy warm fire
Singing carols and telling tales by the pyre
And tonight the children will go to sleep without pause
To hasten the arrival of dear Santa Claus

And I don?t know where I?ll be
When Santa stacks the presents under the tree
But step out on your porch and you?ll hear me say
A trucker?s Merry Christmas from the highway

O?er the sound of the engine and the hum of the tires
If I listen real close, I can hear the angels? choirs
I?m pushing the freight a little further down the line
My truck singing Hosannas on this night, oh night divine
The centers of towns are lit with bright, cheerful lights
As my truck whispers through on this silent night
The night will soon pass to a bright Christmas morn
A day to celebrate when true love was born

And I have no idea where I might be
When families gather ?round the Christmas tree
But open your stockings and your presents too
Open your heart and here?s what I?ll do
The blessings and joys of the season I send to you
May they be yours, not just today, but the whole year through

And in a quiet moment you will hear me say
A trucker?s Merry Christmas from the highway