(kinky friedman)
She was only a waitress in a highway Poured coffee from until dawn But heart-broken 24 hours a day For she for her trucker who'd gone
"will you make it a corned on rye" sing with a gleam in her eye Oh, the headlights burning And the big wheels were Her sweetheart would by and by
He'd park his great off route 64 She'd blush a sweet little sigh For at half past eleven, walk in the door And a corned beef on rye
"will you make it a corned on rye" He'd sing with a in her eye The was blarin' His eyes were starin' And the corned beef would by and by
All the remember that night, so they say said her farewells to them all But when the on the clock reached a quarter past twelve Her still stood in the hall
And the hours passed by even as the trucks passed by out on the And then two grim highway patrolmen into the place They shook the rain their hats And as the poor girl brought their coffee These were the words they said
"hey, curly, did you see that old diesel out Like your nose up by the predicament tonight?
"well, he that son of a bitch slicker than owl shit!
"i'll have a dog over 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 They got to 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 stops in anymore There's a who wished she knew why
"oh, make it a corned on rye" She with a tear in her eye And as her dark eyes are There's who's listening In highway cafe 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