Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)

Gimme Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around) - Dave Dudley/Various Artists

Written by：Earl Green/John William Greene

He was added in Boston and a big long travel

It was his first trip to Boston he was a having all bad luck

He was go the wrong direction

Down the one way street in downtown

And this is what we heard he said when the police chased him down

Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig round

It's the easiest way that I found

Some guys can turn on a dime or turn it right downtown

But I need forty acres to turn this rig around

When he finally found where to outload he had the dreadful shot

His trailer pointed toward the road and his cab right to the dock

And as he looked around him through his tears he made the sound

Oh give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig round

Give me forty acres

I'll turn this rig round

It's the easiest way that I found

Some guys can turn on a dime or turn it right downtown

But I need forty acres to turn this rig around

When he finally got unloaded he was glad to leave that town

He was feeling fairy happy going back to Alabam

And up ahead he saw a sign said you are northward bound

He said give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig round

Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig round

It's the easiest way that I found

Some guys can turn on a dime or turn it right downtown

But I need forty acres to turn this rig around

He was driving down the right lane

When he saw another sign

He had make the left turn but he could not gettng in line

The tears were streaming down his cheeks

And they all heard him yell

Give me forty sticks of dynamite and I'll blow his rig to hell

Give me forty acres and I'll turn this rig round

It's the easiest way that I found

Some guys can turn on a dime or turn it right downtown

But I need forty acres to turn this rig around