(kinky friedman)
She was only a 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 it a corned beef on rye" He'd sing with a in her eye Oh, the headlights burning And the big wheels turning Her would come by and by
He'd his great semi off route 64 She'd blush a sweet little sigh For at half past eleven, walk in the door And order a beef on rye
"will you make it a corned on rye" He'd sing a gleam in her eye The was blarin' His soft eyes starin' And the corned beef come by and by
All the drivers remember 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 by even as the trucks passed by out on the highway And then two grim highway patrolmen into the place They 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 flattened out Like your nose up by the predicament tonight?
"well, he jack-knifed son of a bitch slicker than 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 got to take up a little filly at every cafe from here to las cruces!"
Now is a small truck-stop on route 64 If you to be passin' by There's a trucker that never in anymore a waitress who wished she knew why
"oh, make it a 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
"oh, we'll make you the beef 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