Guy Clark - Heavy Metal [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Verse 1]
Some days I think this old machine is out to get me
Some days she does what I tell her
It's like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week
You know I'm talking 'bout a big old D-10 caterpillar

[Chorus]
I don't know why I like to drive them like I do
It ain't nothing but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel
Could be the money babe could be the power
Could be I love the way it feels[x2]

[Verse 2]
But you know she's mighty unforgiving so you got to pay attention
You know the D-10 can be the death of you
But I get her all fired up and I can feel it in my soul
And it's hard to tell who's driving who
I can move Alaska all the way to Beirut
I can bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru
I can push the Rocky Mountains into the sea
You know Heavy metal don't mean rock and roll to me
You know I'm a modern day mule Skinner driving ten thousand mules
So I got to say a little prayer every day
Lord just let me get her turned around
Without falling off this mountain
You know the boss don't like me treating his D-10 that way

[Chorus]