Heart Like A Truck

Album

Bell Bottom Country

Label

Broken Bow Records

Genre

Country

Composer(s)

Trannie Anderson;Dallas Wilson;Lainey Wilson

Entered Chart

Nov 26, 2022

Peak Date

Mar 4, 2023

Released

Unknown

Recorded

Unknown

B-Side

N/A

Here, Lainey Wilson compares the journey she's taken since moving to Nashville to a rusty old truck. I got a heart like a truck It's been drug through the mud Runs on dreams and gasoline And that old highway holds the key When Wilson first moved from Louisiana to Music City in 2011, she lived in a camper trailer outside of a recording studio. "It was some hard days," she told The Advocate. "It taught me that this thing was not going to be easy. It taught me perseverance. And when things didn't work out my way, when doors closed right in my face, that made me work harder." Written by Lainey, Trannie Anderson, and Dallas Wilson, the song finds the singer embracing scars as badges of honor. It's those bumps and bruises that build character and teaches you the most about yourself. "'Heart Like A Truck' is semi-autobiographical I guess you could say," Wilson told Audacy's Rob + Holly. "It's about finding freedom in strength, not being afraid of the scratches and the scars along the way. It's about embracing those things because at the end of the day that makes you, you!" Wilson is proud of her hardened heart and the strength she's found from being dragged through the mud. "I could sit here and tell you sob stories all day about my life and moments where I was living in a camper trailer and things were falling down all around me and people were passing away," she told Taste of Country Nights. "It was just hurt." Jay Joyce, the producer of Wilson's major-label debut album Sayin' What I'm Thinkin', helmed "Heart Like A Truck."

I never stay in one place too long
A dirt road singin' me a siren's song
I gotta find a field, I need to spin my wheels
I gotta a hankerin' for four wide tires
And I can't help it, it's the way I'm wired
Boy, you get too close, boy, you need to know

I got a heart like a truck
It's been drug through the mud
Runs on dreams and gasoline
And that ol' highway holds the key
It's got a lead foot down when it's leavin'
Lord knows it's taken a hell of a beatin'
A little bit of love is all that it's needin'
But it's good as it is tough
I got a heart like a truck

There ain't no brakin' when I throw it in drive
Don't always keep it in between the lines
If you're a ready for a ride
Pedal down state of mind
Boy, I tell you what
You better buckle up

I got a heart like a truck
It's been drug through the mud
Runs on dreams and gasoline
And that ol' highway holds the key
It's got a lead foot down when it's leavin'
Lord knows it's taken a hell of a beatin'
A little bit of love is all that it's needin'
But it's good as it is tough
I got a heart like a truck

Go on and see if you can knock off the dust, yeah
Shine it up, rev it up, and let it run, yeah
It gets a high ridin' off into the sun, yeah

I got a heart like a truck
It's been drug through the mud
Runs on dreams and gasoline
And that ol' highway holds the key
It's got a lead foot down when it's leavin'
Lord knows it's taken a hell of a beatin'
A little bit of love is all that it's needin'
But it's good as it is tough
I got a heart like a truck

Go on and see if you can knock off the dust, yeah
Shine it up, rev it up, and let it run, yeah
It gets a high ridin' off into the sun, yeah
It gets a high ridin' off into the sun