(kinky friedman)
She was a waitress in a highway cafe coffee from dusk until dawn But heart-broken 24 hours a day For she longed for her who'd gone
"will you make it a corned on rye" He'd sing a gleam in her eye Oh, the headlights were And the big were turning Her sweetheart would by and by
He'd his great semi off route 64 She'd blush with a little sigh For at half past eleven, he'd in the door And order a beef on rye
"will you it a corned beef on rye" sing with a gleam in her eye The was blarin' His soft were starin' And the corned beef would by and by
All the drivers remember that night, so say She'd said her to them all But the hands on the clock reached a quarter past twelve Her suitcase still stood in the
And the hours passed by as the trucks passed by out on the highway And then two grim patrolmen came into the place shook the rain from their hats And as the poor girl brought their coffee These were the words that they
"hey, curly, did you see that old flattened out Like your damned up by the predicament tonight?
"well, he jack-knifed that son of a bitch slicker owl shit!
"i'll a chilli dog over here, baby.
"hell, you don't that he had a little ol' hog way down the line somewhere, do you?
"hey now, curly, don't you know that them damn They got to take up a little at every cafe from here to las cruces!"
Now is a small truck-stop on route 64 If you to be passin' by a trucker that never stops in anymore There's a who wished she knew why
"oh, make it a beef on rye" She sings a tear in her eye And as her dark eyes are There's someone who's In that highway in the sky
"oh, we'll make you the corned on rye" She sings with a in her eye And as her dark are glistening There's someone listening In that cafe in the sky