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"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses"
Single by Kathy Mattea
from the album Untasted Honey
Genre	Country
Length	3:23
Label	Mercury
Writer(s)	Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Kathy Mattea singles chronology

"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a country song by Kathy Mattea from her 1987 album, Untasted Honey. The song was released as a single and hit number one on both the US and Canadian Country charts in 1988. The song is about a truck driver who is retiring after 30 years to spend the rest of his time with his wife. The song mentions Charlie (the truck driver) receiving a gold watch, a common retirement gift.

[edit] Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Preceded by "I'm Gonna Get You" by Eddy Raven	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single May 21—May 28, 1988	Succeeded by "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" by Earl Thomas Conley
Preceded by "Baby I'm Yours" by Steve Wariner	RPM Country Tracks number-one single June 4, 1988	Succeeded by "I Told You So" by Randy Travis

[edit] External links

Lyrics at cmt.com