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