Lyrics & translations of Corb Lund Band

I tried my best to stop them, yes, I tried to make them wait And I appealed to their decency, show mercy on this day I issued them strong orders on pain of death and disarray But in the end they would

He got a real long reach in the derrick when he leans
He`s been all around the world on the big oil rigs
With the welders and the trucks on the black gold rush
And the diesel burnin` Cat motors growlin` and the mud
You`d better hire him on, he`s the roughest neck around
He go