Rumble of the Diesel - Les Claypool

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 ringing 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

Between heaven and hell

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

Never had a family

Unless you count that old yellow lab

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 ringing 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

Lookin' back to '95

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 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 ringing 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