Robert Keen Sherry was a waitress at the joint in town. She had a reputation as a who'd been around. On Main after midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a fresh one hanging from her lips, a between her legs. She rides to the river, and meets with all her friends. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
was a loner, older than the rest. He was in the Navy, but couldn't pass the test. So he hung town, he sold a little pot. The law caught of Sonny and one day he got caught. But he was back in when they set him free again. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where Sherry when some drunken put his hand up Sherry's skirt. Sonny took his pool cue, laid the out on the floor. a dollar in her tip jar, walked out the door. She's running right him, reaching for his hand. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
They jumped into his pickup, Sonny it down in gear. Sonny at Sherry, said Let's get on out of here. The stars were above 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 of Bombay 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 in a house just off the route, With a full of money and a pistol in his boot. The card on the table when the law came bustin' in. The road on forever and the party never ends.
The grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the jack the bathroom window and climbed on out the back. Sherry drove the through the alley on the side, where a lawman Sonny and was reading him his rights. She stepped out in the with a single shot four-ten The goes on forever and the party never ends.
left the lawman dying they made their getaway. Got back to the motel just before the of day. gave her all the money, he blew a little kiss. If they ask you how happened say I forced you into this. She watched him as his taillights around the bend. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
Its main street after midnight, like it was before, Twenty-one months later, at the grocery store. buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer. The headlines say that is going to the chair. She back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The road goes on forever and the never ends.