Letra de Monteagle Mountain
There's a stretch of highway on Interstate 24 Between Nashville and Chattanooga That's claimed many trucker's life And your life is in your hands When you start down that long steep grade On Monteagle MountainI just rolled out of Nashville in my big rig headin' south My eyes are on fire, feels like cotton in my mouth My whole body's achin' but I got to make them big wheels roll I got to be in Florida by tomorrow morning with a full heavy loadI got to get passed Atlanta as soon as I can tonight I got to try to dodge the scales and stay out of Smoky's sight But there's one big thing standin' like a nightmare in my way I got to top Monteagle Mountain, a little bit later todayGoin' down Monteagle Mountain on I-24 It's hell for a trucker when the devil's at your door He'll tempt you and tell you, "Come on, let her roll" 'Cause the mountain wants your rig and "trucker, I want your soul"When I started down Monteagle, the brakes just wouldn't hold I knew I was in trouble and about to lose control The runaway ramp was waitin', I saw the warnin' sign I said, "Lord, help me make it, have mercy on this soul of mine"Well, I ploughed into that runaway ramp And I could feel that big truck groan My life flashed right before my eyes And for a minute I thought I was gone But when the smoke cleared I thanked God that I was still alive 'Cause when there's a runaway on Monteagle Some truckers don't surviveGoin' down Monteagle Mountain on I-24 It's hell for a trucker when the devil's at your door He'll tempt you and tell you, "Come on, let her roll" 'Cause the mountain wants your rig and "trucker I want your soul"Yeah, many good man has lost his life On Monteagle Mountain, it's a long steep grade Many good hard workin' boy gone over the side Watch out for Monteagle