Those hard driving truckers, gear jamming day and night
Have got a real tough job to stand up to
Highballing down the highway, in a big long diesel rig
Is not a job just anyone can do

But there's a lot of credit due to a fine group of girls
They're the trucker's wives who wait for their men
When they kiss them goodbye and watch the tail-lights fade
It's a lonely wait until they're home again

He may be gone three days, or maybe two weeks
And everything is left in her care
Like paying bills and cutting grass and fixing kids their meals
She's the woman behind the man behind the wheel

This special breed of woman has to share a love affair
With that long stretch of highway on his mind
But she knows that he loves her more than anything
She's a truckers wife and that's the greatest kind

And as he sips his coffee you can bet she's on his mind
When he's driving down that highway all alone
And that sleeper sure gets lonely parked at a big truck stop
Compared to being in her arms at home

Now we've sung songs and praises about the trucking man
And they're true but let's save one little spiel
For all the truckers wives because, after all
She's the woman behind the man behind the wheel

She's the woman behind the man behind the wheel