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