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