| Damn this traffic jam |
| How I hate to be late |
| Hurts my motor to go so slow |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Time I get home my supper be cold |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Well, I left my office at 5 o’clock |
| 15 minutes to go 3 blocks |
| Just in time to stand in line with the freeway looking like a parking lot |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| How I hate to be late |
| Hurts my motor to go so slow |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Time I get home my supper be cold |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Well, I almost had a heart attack |
| Lookin' in the rear-view mirror (Saw) |
| Saw my face the next car back |
| With the man in the rear-view mirror |
| 'Bout to have a heart attack, I said |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| How I hate to be late |
| Hurts my motor to go so slow |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Time I get home my supper be cold |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Now when I die, don’t want no coffin |
| Thought about it all too often |
| Just slap me in behind the wheel and bury me in my automobile |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| How I hate to be late |
| Hurts my motor to go so slow |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| Time I get home my supper gonna be cold |
| Damn this traffic jam |
| 1 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile, 4 mile |
| 5 mile, 6 mile, 7 miles, 8 miles |
| (Damn this traffic jam, caught in this traffic jam |
| Damn this traffic jam, stuck in this traffic jam |
| Damn this traffic jam, caught in this traffic jam |
| Damn this traffic jam, stuck in this traffic jam |
| Damn this traffic jam, caught in this traffic jam |
| Damn this traffic jam, aw damn this traffic jam) |
| Lord get me out of this traffic jam |