'Round and 'round the interstates,
Fifty tons inside the diesel,
This rig has had about all it can take,
Pop goes the diesel!

Driving with a load of lead,
The engine's sounding feeble,
It won't be long 'til the motor goes,
Pop goes the diesel!

I'm halfway to the Maryland coast,
Halfway through my run.
Give it up, this engine is shot,
Pop goes the diesel!

Up and down the Old National road,
Listenin' to Bob Seger,
That's about when the rod blows,
Pop goes the diesel!

I have no money to fix up this rig,
And my boss is such a weasel,
Just one phone call to tell him I quit,
Pop goes the diesel!