[Verse 1] You fire her up at 4 a.m. Kiss my cheek, grab your old duffel bag Coffee breath and diesel dreams Then it’s taillights cutting through the black She’s waiting there in the yard again Chrome grin shining in the dawn I swear she winks when you climb on in Then just like that, you’re gone [Chorus] She’s your Peterbilt mistress Rolling you far from my hands Got her arms ‘round your shoulders While you chase those northern lands Yeah, I curse her steel and I bless her wheels ’Cause she keeps our lights turned on I hate the way you love that rig But I love the way she brings you home [Verse 2] I fold your shirts, count the days Trace your name in the window steam Phone call fades on a mountain pass You laugh, say she’s running clean I’m sharing you with mile markers With motel keys and yellow lines Her cab light on, my porch light off Both of us waiting for your time [Chorus] She’s your Peterbilt mistress Rolling you far from my hands Got her arms ‘round your shoulders While you cross those desert sands Yeah, I curse her steel and I bless her wheels ’Cause she keeps our pantry full I hate the way you love that rig But I love the way she brings you home [Bridge] Some nights I swear I hear her Downshifting in your sleep (mmm) You murmur routes and road names Not a word of me And I get so mad I’d sell her Then I see our little girl’s shoes by the door And I whisper thanks to that jealous jealous frame For every dollar on this floor (oh) [Chorus] She’s your Peterbilt mistress Rolling you back to my arms You hold her wheel, then you hold my waist Same hands, two different hearts Yeah, I curse her steel and I bless her wheels ’Cause she feeds this fragile love I hate the way you love that rig But I love the man she brings me back (I hate the way you love that rig) But I love the man she brings me back
