Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves?

from Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves? - Single by Thomas Stajcer

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I had this question, this title, bobbing around in my head for a while before meeting and working with Mike T Kerr on his first record. After listening to his writing style and his sense of humour, I threw this line at him and asked if he'd like to write it with me seeing as I was having trouble getting started. Well, lo and behold, by 10 am the next day Mike had written a bunch! Over the course of an hours-long phone call, together we hashed out the rest of the narrative and all the nitty gritty. I felt like the song was completed when my drummer Brendan Morley suggested a key change and the band and I were off and performing it.
Artwork by Glen Leck. Photography by Matt Williams.

lyrics

I had my thumb out in the wind
I filled my lungs with tar
The mountain ridges blurred my vision
I thought I'd gone too far
Then I saw the lights
Come over the crest
But there was no driver, an auto-rider
The big rig blew right passed

I carried on down my road
Until a roadhouse I reached
The bartender was built to serve
So I pulled up a seat
One beer please and bourbon back
And my woes I did repeat
Well, it looked at me matter-of-factly
And said, "tough luck, buddy"

Who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves
Who will tie the longhorns up on the grill
The world sure is changing fast and some say for the best
But who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves

I squared away every drop of gas
That I could ever find
I know it's time to put it behind me
Or change my mind
But up on the front of my ride-on mower
I nailed a Peterbilt badge
One last ride, my beer beside me
And radio strapped to the dash

Who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves
Who will tie the longhorns up on the grill
The world sure is changing fast and some say for the best
But who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves

Who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves
Who will tie the longhorns up on the grill
The world sure is changing fast and some say for the best
But who will listen to country music when trucks drive themselves

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from Who Will Listen To Country Music When Trucks Drive Themselves? - Single, released December 12, 2020
Drums: Timothy James Baker
Bass/Harmony: Talon Beek
Electric Guitar: Jacob Strang
Keyboards: Jason Keddy
Vocals/Acoustic Guitar: Thomas Stajcer
Pedal Steel Guitar: David Campbell
(c)(Stajcer/Kerr)

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