Anyone ever hear a version by Robert James Waller that puts the following two verses in the middle of a standard version of Wabash Cannonball:

Late night a call, spins down the wire
From a phone booth in North Carolina
Dialin' Seattle and talking to Annie
"Hello love I'm leaving for home to-night"
Its still 92 degrees here at 10 p.m.
And outside the big trucks are running
These green rolling hills are mighty pretty
But I'm lonesome for the Cascades and you.

Chorus

And I'll come rolling down the road
Out of Roanoke, Virginia
With the summer time ending, my thumb up in the air
Heading for Seattle, heading for Annie
Looking for the cascades, looking for home

I'm tired of the rednecks, I'm tired of the bars
And this ain't what I started out to do
And this five piece band is full of drunks and fools
And I'm lonesome for the cascades and you
I'm tired of the diners at 4 a.m.
And I'm tired of the bass player's runs
And I'm tired of the women who hang around the band
There ain't no future for them here

Chorus

Incidentally the verses he uses of Wabash are

From the Green Atlantic ocean to the wild Pacific shore
From sunny California to icebound Labrador
She's mighty tall and handsome and known quite well by all
She's a rugged combination called the Wabash cannonball

Listen to . . . etc

and at the end ......(after the above verses and chorus)

Here's to Daddy Claxton, may his name forever stand
And always be remembered in the glory of the land
When his earthly race is over and the curtain around him falls
Goin' to carry him home to victory on the Wabash Cannonball

Listen to . . . etc

I don't know who the guy is, but it is a stunning version of Wabash.

Paddy