I like the rumble of the diesel and the smell of the oil I percolate my coffee off the radiator boil I been chasin' tuna nearly 27 years I got the eyeballs of an eagle but there's ringin' in my ears I like the rumble of the diesel and the smell of the oil Granddad was a farmer but I couldn't stand the soil I like to keep it simple it helps to keep me sane I like floating in the ocean it nullifies the pain
Some say we can find a place Some work to make the bread rise I like to plow the ocean swell Errol's got a sweet monterey Rigged for salmon and crab Unless you count that old yellow lab
I had a fresh cummings re-power Draggin' lines for albacore 'till the market went sour We talked of strike for 40 days 'Cause the price was drove down And when we finally settled up We got less than a dollar a pound I like the rumble of the diesel