Robert Earl Sherry was a at the only joint in town. She had a reputation as a who'd been around. On street after midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a fresh one hanging her lips, a beer between her legs. She rides to the river, and meets with all her friends. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
Sonny was a loner, older the rest. He was goin' in the Navy, but couldn't the test. So he hung around town, he a little pot. The law caught wind of and one day he got caught. But he was back in when they set him free again. The road goes on and the party never ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the where Sherry works when some drunken out-of-towner put his up Sherry's skirt. Sonny took his pool cue, laid the out on the floor. Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, out the door. She's running right behind him, for his hand. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
They jumped into his pickup, jammed it down in gear. Sonny looked at Sherry, Let's get on out of here. The stars were high them, the moon was in the east. The sun was setting on them they reached Miami Beach. They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Gin. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
soon ran out of money but, Sonny knew a man, who some Cuban refugees, who dealt in contraband. Sonny met the Cubans in a just off the route, With a briefcase full of and a pistol in his boot. The card were on the table when the law bustin' in. The road on forever and the party never ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the the bathroom window and climbed on out the back. Sherry drove the through the alley on the side, a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights. She stepped out in the alley with a single shot The road on forever and the party never ends.
They left the lawman dying made their getaway. Got to the motel just before the break of day. gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss. If they ask you how this happened say I forced you this. She watched him as his disappeared around the bend. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
Its main street after midnight, like it was before, Twenty-one later, at the local grocery store. Sherry a paper and a cold six-pack of beer. The headlines say Sonny is going to the chair. She pulls back Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The road goes on and the party never ends.