there s a stretch of highway on interstate 24 between nashville and chattanooga that s claimed many trucker s life and your life is in your hands when you start down that long steep grade on monteagle mountain i just rolled out of nashville in my big rig heading south my eyes are on fire feels like cotton in my mouth my whole body s aching but i got to make them big wheels roll i got to be in florida by tomorrow morning with a full heavy load i got to get past atlanta as soon as i can tonight i got to try to dodge the scales and stay out of smoky s sight but there s one big thing standing like a nightmare in my way i got to top monteagle mountain a little bit later today going down monteagle mountain on i 24 it s hell for a trucker when the devil s at your door he ll tempt you and tell you come on let her roll because the mountain wants your rig and trucker i want your soul when i started down monteagle the brakes just wouldn t hold i knew i was in trouble and about to lose control the runaway ramp was waiting i saw the warning sign i said lord help me make it have mercy on this soul of mine well i ploughed into that runaway ramp and i could feel that big truck groan my life flashed right before my eyes and for a minute i thought i was gone but when the smoke cleared i thanked god that i was still alive because when there s a runaway on monteagle some truckers don t survive yeah many a good man had lost his life on monteagle mountain it s a long steep grade many good hard working boys have gone over the side watch out for monteagle