tom t. hall
legend of the lady bear
Gather round me boys and fill your coffee cups I'll tell you all a story while you drive them trucks A story bout a girl who joined the state patrol The legend of the Lady Bear is how it goes She married some young trucker she was in her teens And like all newly weds they had their hopes and dreams And one night in a snowstorm so the story went She lost her loving husband in an accident They say she sat and cried for him a year or more And all she did was think of him and walk the floor She'd lie there in her bed at night alone and cold Until one day she joined the highway state patrol  [Guitar ]  Well they say she has a CB and she's on the air And she goes by the handle of the Lady Bear She never gives a ticket and she works at night All she does is tell the story of her life I've heard some truckers say there ain't no Lady Bear And others say she don't work when the weather's fair But when the weather's bad she's on the air all night Begging us to slow down till the weather's right Well you know I love this story well it could be true If you're ever in a snowstorm tell you what to do If you should hear the Lady Bear on your radio Well tell her I wrote this song and said hello