Leroy Van Dyke performs "Who’s Gonna Run The Truck Stop In Tuba City When I’m Gone"
Van Dyke was born in Mora, Missouri. He lived in Spencer, Wisconsin, and graduated from the University of Missouri majoring in agricultural journalism.He was catapulted into country music fame in 1956 with his composition "The Auctioneer", co-written with Buddy Black, which sold over 2.5 million records.He wrote the song about the life of his cousin, National Auctioneers Association Hall of Famer Ray Sims, also a Missourian. Van Dyke had the lead role of a budding country music performer in the 1967 movie What Am I Bid?, in which Sims played himself as an auctioneer.
Leroy Van Dyke Who’s Gonna Run The Truck Stop In Tuba City When I’m Gone? lyrics
Who's gonna run the Truck Stop in Tuba City;
Keep the back bar clean; keep the place lookin' purdy;
Tell jokes to the folks; keep the conversation witty
When you get right down to the nubby, nitty gritty?
Who's gonna run the Truck Stop in Tuba City when I'm gone?
Honey, when I'm gone?
Well, Hank and Crystal, they moved out West
To do the job they both knew best,
And that was runnin' the best truck stop you've ever seen.
Well, Hank worked back in the kitchen and cooked,
And Crystal waited tables with a sexy look,
And before long she became known as the Truck Stop Queen.
You know, that title went to her head;
Hank became sorry he'd ever wed
That strong-willed woman who began to boss him around.
She'd yell and scream through the kitchen doors,
And tell Hank to get the lead from his drawers.
I mean, she was always puttin' him down.
Well, one day Hank had had it to his ears;
He went to the cooler, got a couple of beers;
Took Crystal by the arm to the table, and he sat her down.
Who's gonna run the Truck Stop in Tuba City;
Keep the back bar clean; keep the place lookin' purdy;
Tell jokes to the folks; keep the conversation witty
When you get right down to the nubby, nitty gritty?
Who's gonna run the Truck Stop in Tuba City when I'm gone?
Honey, when I'm gone?
Well that Greyhound bus stopped every day
To drop the mail while on its way to………..
Reno, Silver City , Fresno, Tahoe, Bakersfield,
And beautiful downtown Burbank.
He said, “Woman, I've done had enough of your cuss;
I'm puttin' my bags on that Greyhound bus.
You're a plain, bad broad, and I had enough of your lip.”
He stepped up to that slidin' door (shuuuuuuuu),
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