Those hard drivin' truckers Gear jammin' day and night Have got a real tough job to stand up to By ballin' down the highway In a big long diesel rig It's not a job just anyone can do But there's a lot of credit due To a fine group of girls They're the truckers wives Who wait for their men When they kiss them goodbye And watch the tail lights fade It's a lonely wait until they're home again He may be gone three days Or maybe two weeks And everything is left in her care Like payin' bills and cuttin' grass And fixin' kids their meals She's the woman behind The man behind the wheel Instrumental This special breed of woman Has to share a love affair With that long stretch Of highway on his mind But she knows that he loves her More than anything She's a truckers wife And that's the greatest kind And as he sips his coffee You can bet she's on his mind When he's drivin' down That highway all alone And that sleeper sure gets lonely Parked at a big truck stop Compared to being in her arms at home Now we've sung songs and praises About the truckin' men And they're true let's save one little spiel For all the truckers wives Because after all She's the woman behind The man behind the wheel She's the woman behind The man behind the wheel