Nov 15, 2011

Rudy The Red-Nosed Truck Driver

(with apologies to Bruce Springsteen)

Rudy was a red-nosed – truck driver
Hauling a payload of toys, he’s a – Christmas survivor
Pulling extra shifts, making rounds for the holidays
Yeah that old 16-wheeler is now Santa’s sleigh

Yeah, Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver
Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver

Rudy was red-nosed – truck driver
Driving day and night, he’s no – nine to fiver
Grazing on amphetamines – to stay awake
But for all the boys and girls, you do whatever it takes

Yeah, Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver 
Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver 

Rudy was a red-nosed – truck driver
Just as Ebenezer Scrooge was a – crusty miser
Come Christmas morning, everything will be OK
See the boys and girls with their new toys at play

Rudy was a red-nosed – truck driver
He used to “just say no” to the Breathalyzer
Hauling through the driven snow, with chains on the tires
A 5th of Old Crow riding by his side

 Rudy was a red-nosed – truck driver
Met his maker one night at the – highway divider
And that cargo of toys just splattered across the interstate
Seems that Rudy’s played the last of his reindeer games

Yeah, Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver
Rudy the Red-Nosed (Toy) Truck Driver
…Yeah, Rudy, we miss you, wish you were alive-a
Yeah, Rudy, we hardly knew ya