Kelly's Offsider

Well, they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died I put my head in my hands and I just couldn't help but I cried And it's no use you tellin' me now that's the way of all life Well, kinda different with Kelly 'cause the offsider was his wife It was just a nickname the truckies all knew her by We'd all give her a wave and a blast of the horn as we'd fly And if Kelly pulled over and stopped by the road for a spell Kelly's grin and the offsider's smile made us pull in as well Well, the offsider rode all the highways they were to ride Nowhere in the world was she happy but by Kelly's side And after a while we all said that she brought us good luck But to them the whole world was the cabin of a roarin' truck So it's hard to take in that Kelly's offsider just died But Kelly's gonna take his offsider for one last ride With a casket of ashes and a semi that's rolling slow Kelly's headin' for a place on the highway the truckies all know And he'll be leaving her where the tall trees bend an sigh Where she won't be lonely cause she'll hear the big wheels rollin' by And the sound of the horns from the trucks passing day and night Kelly's offsider will be riding with him 'till he dies Well, they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died I put my head in my hands and I, I just couldn't help but I cried And it's no use you tellin' me now that's the way of all life Kinda different with Kelly 'cause the offsider was his wife Oh, kinda different with Kelly, 'cause the offsider was his wife