[Intro] | | | | | | | | | | [Verse 1] Some days I think this old machine is out to get me. Somedays she does what I tell her. It’s like dancing with a widow-maker forty hours a week. I’m talking about a big old D-10 caterpillar. [Chorus] I don’t know why? I like to drive’m like I do. It ain’t nothing but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel. Could be the money babe could be the power. Could be I love the way it feels. Could be I love the way it feels. [Verse 2] But you know she’s mighty unforgiving and you gotta pay attention. Cause the D-10 could be the death of you. But I get her all fired up and I can feel it in my soul. And it’s hard to tell: Just who’s driving who? [Verse 3] I can move Alaska all the way to Beirut. I could bulldoze a beeline from here to Peru. I could push the Rocky Mountains into the sea. You know Heavy metal don’t mean rock and roll to me. [Break] | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (sax) [Verse 4] I’m like a modern day mule skinner driving ten thousand mules. So I say a little prayer every day. Lord just let me get her turned around. Without falling off this mountain. You know the boss man don’t like us treating his D-10 that way. [Chorus] I don’t know why? I like to drive’m like I do. It ain’t nothing but a hundred seventy-five thousand pounds of steel. Could be the money babe could be the power. Could be I love the way it feels. Could be I love the way it feels. Outro Could be I love the way it feels. Could be I love the way it feels.

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À propos de la chanson

Cette chanson évoque l'expérience d'un homme qui manie une énorme machine de chantier avec une sorte de défi et d'adrénaline. Il parle du plaisir qu'il éprouve à conduire cet engin lourd, malgré le danger qu'il représente et l'attention qu'il nécessite. Tout en exprimant sa passion pour ce travail, il se rend compte que sa relation avec cette machine est symbiotique : il se demande qui contrôle vraiment qui. Le contexte de cette histoire semble se situer sur un chantier, où l'on ressent à la fois la puissance de la machine et les risques encourus. Entre le désir de réussir et la crainte de l'accident, on touche à un aspect fondamental de la vie : la lutte pour trouver un sens dans un monde où il faut parfois affronter des forces bien plus grandes que soi.