(kinky friedman)
She was only a waitress in a highway Poured coffee from until dawn But heart-broken 24 hours a day For she longed for her who'd gone
"will you make it a corned on rye" He'd 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 eleven, he'd walk in the door And a corned beef on rye
"will you make it a corned on rye" sing with a gleam in her eye The jukebox was His soft eyes were And the beef would come by and by
All the drivers remember night, so they say She'd said her to them all But when the hands on the clock a quarter past twelve Her suitcase still in the hall
And the hours passed by even as the trucks by out on the highway And then two grim highway patrolmen into the place They shook the rain from hats And as the poor girl brought them coffee These were the that they said
"hey, curly, did you see old diesel flattened out Like your nose up by the predicament tonight?
"well, he jack-knifed that son of a bitch than owl shit!
"i'll a chilli 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 know that them 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 that stops in anymore There's a waitress who wished she why
"oh, make it a beef on rye" She sings a tear in her eye And as her dark are glistening There's who's listening In highway cafe in the sky
"oh, we'll make you the beef 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