(kinky friedman)
She was only a waitress in a highway Poured coffee from until dawn But she's 24 hours a day For she longed for her who'd gone
"will you make it a corned on rye" He'd sing with a in her eye Oh, the were burning And the big wheels turning Her sweetheart come by and by
park his great semi off route 64 She'd blush with a little sigh For at past eleven, he'd walk in the door And order a corned on rye
"will you it a corned beef on rye" He'd sing with a in her eye The was blarin' His eyes were starin' And the corned would 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 still stood in the hall
And the hours passed by even as the trucks by out on the highway And then two grim highway patrolmen came the place They shook the rain from their And as the poor girl brought them coffee These were the words that they
"hey, curly, did you see that old diesel out Like damned nose up by the predicament tonight?
"well, he jack-knifed son of a bitch slicker than owl shit!
"i'll have a chilli dog here, baby.
"hell, you don't suppose he had a little ol' hog way down the line somewhere, do you?
"hey now, curly, you know that them damn truckers They got to take up a little filly at every from here to las cruces!"
Now is a small truck-stop on route 64 If you happen to be by There's a trucker that never in anymore There's a 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 someone listening In highway cafe in the sky
"oh, we'll make you the beef on rye" She with a tear in her eye And as her eyes are glistening There's someone listening In that cafe in the sky