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Song: Truck Drivin' Song

Running Time: 2:27

Year: 1998

Album: Running With Scissors

Parody of: Style parody of truck-driving country music, particularly C. W. McCall and Dave Dudley

Genre: Country rock

Guitar tuning: E standard

Lyrics: Lyrics

Video: None

Download/Listen: None

Forum: Forum Discussion Page

Trivia[]

  • The song has a similar theme to Monty Python's "The Lumberjack Song", which is about a lumberjack who cross-dresses (in this song the narrator is a truck driver who talks about his cross-dressing tendencies).
  • The song's melody and lyrics bear a striking similarity to Gene Pitney's song "Hello Mary Lou".
  • Al claims he recorded the vocals for the song first thing in the morning, when one’s voice is naturally lower in pitch.
  • This song is 2 minutes and 27 seconds long.
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