Robert Keen Sherry was a waitress at the joint in town. She had a reputation as a who'd been around. On Main street midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer 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, than the rest. He was goin' in the Navy, but pass the test. So he hung around town, he sold a pot. The law caught wind of and one day he got caught. But he was in business when they set him free again. The road goes on and the party never ends.
Sonny's eight-ball in the joint where Sherry works some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt. Sonny his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor. Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, out the door. She's right behind him, reaching for his hand. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed it in gear. Sonny looked at Sherry, Let's get on out of here. The stars high above them, the moon was in the east. The sun was setting on them they reached Miami Beach. got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay Gin. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
They ran out of money but, Sonny knew a man, who some Cuban refugees, who dealt in contraband. Sonny met the in a house just off the route, With a briefcase of money and a pistol in his boot. The card were on the table when the law came in. The road goes on and the party never ends.
The grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the jack Broke the window and climbed on out the back. Sherry drove the through the alley on the side, where a lawman tackled and was reading him his rights. She stepped out in the alley with a single shot The road goes on forever and the never ends.
They left the lawman they made their getaway. Got back to the motel before the break of day. gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss. If they ask you how this say I forced you into this. She him as his taillights disappeared around the bend. The road on forever and the party never ends.
Its main street midnight, just like it was before, Twenty-one months later, at the grocery store. Sherry buys a paper and a cold of beer. The headlines say that Sonny is to the chair. She back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The road goes on forever and the party ends.