Heavy Metal by Guy Clark Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Some days I think this old machine is out to get me
Some days she does what I tell her
It's like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week
You know I'm talking 'bout a big old D-10 Caterpillar

[Chorus]
I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do
You know it ain't nothing but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel
Could be the money, babe, could be the power
Could be I love the way it feels
Could be I love the way it feels

[Verse 2]
You know she's mighty unforgiving so you got to pay attention
You know a D-10 can be the death of you
But I get her all fired up and I can feel it in my soul
You know it's hard to tell who's driving who

[Verse 3]
I can move Alaska all the way to Beirut
I can bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru
I can push the Rocky Mountains into the sea
You know heavy metal don't mean rock-n-roll to me
[Verse 4]
You know I'm like a modern day mule skinner, I'm driving ten thousand mules
So I got to say a little prayer every day
Lord just let me get her turned around without falling down this mountain
'Cause you know the boss don't like me treating his D-10 that way

[Chorus]
I don't know why I like to drive 'em like I do
You know it ain't nothing but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel
Could be the money, babe, could be the power
Could be I love the way it feels
Could be I love the way it feels
Could be I love the way it feels
Could be I love the way it feels