WILD, WILD HEART
(Bill Staines)

I was born on the seat of a semi,
The wind, it whistled away in my ears.
Some babies go to sleep to a lullaby,
Yes, and mine was the sound of the gears.
I grew up with my face in a road map,
And with my fingers I'd follow the lines,
And now I run from the coast and I’m gone like a ghost,
When you hear that old diesel whine.
(Repeat Last 2 Lines)

I’ve an angel overhead looking after me,
She keeps away that old devil below.
And old Mr. Scratch, you know he’s met his match,
But still he follows wherever I go.
Give me a thermos full of truckstop coffee,
Give me a head-to-head race with the sun,
Give me a good heavy load and a clear stretch of road,
And I'll let that old Bulldog run
(Repeat Last 2 Lines)

(Bridge)
I’ve driven dynamite over the Rockies,
I've driven cattle on the Texas plains,
Citrus up and down the California line,
And heavy timber in the Oregon rains.

Now there’s snow coming off of Lake Erie,
I am an hour ahead of the storm.
Sometimes I think I get a little weary of this,
But those feelings never last very long.
Four days on the road out of "Shakey,"
I’ll get to "Nickel" before it's dark,
I’ve got no steady address, they call me "Pony Express,"
And my rig is the "Wild, Wild Heart."
(Repeat Last 2 Lines)

I was born on the seat of a semi,
The wind, it whistled away in my ears.
Some babies go to sleep to a lullaby,
Yes, and mine was the sound of the gears.
I grew up with my face in a road map,
And then I took to the trail like a dart,
I’ve got no steady address, they call me "Pony Express,"
And my rig is the "Wild, Wild Heart"
(Repeat Last 2 Lines then Out)

©1985, Mineral River Music (BMI), administered by Bug.

source: page 28, Music to Me: The Songs of Bill Staines (Hal Leonard, 1994

Live performance by Bill from 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6gv5c5oqCY

I wonder what "Shakey" and "Nickel" are. Gerry Myerson says "Shakey" is Los Angeles - I used to live there, and never heard that term.
And Gerry says "Nickel" is Buffalo, New York - as in Buffalo nickel. And I'm supposing LA is "Shakey" because of earthquakes.