Robert Earl Sherry was a at the only joint in town. She had a reputation as a girl been around. On Main after midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a fresh one from her lips, a beer between her legs. She rides to the river, and meets with all her friends. The road on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny was a loner, than the rest. He was goin' in the Navy, but couldn't the test. So he around town, he sold a little pot. The law caught of Sonny and one day he got caught. But he was in business when they set him free again. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where works when drunken out-of-towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt. Sonny his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor. Stuffed a in her tip jar, walked out the door. She's running right behind him, for his hand. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
They into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down in gear. Sonny looked at Sherry, Let's get on out of here. The were high above them, the moon was in the east. The sun was setting on when they reached Miami Beach. got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay Gin. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
soon ran out of money but, Sonny knew a man, who knew some refugees, who dealt in contraband. Sonny met the Cubans in a house off the route, a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot. The card were on the when the law came bustin' in. The road goes on and the party never ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed the Broke the bathroom window and on out the back. Sherry the pickup through the alley on the side, where a lawman Sonny and was reading him his rights. She stepped out in the alley with a single four-ten The road on forever and the party never ends.
They left the lawman dying they their getaway. Got back to the 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 you into this. She him as his taillights disappeared around the bend. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
Its main street after midnight, like it was before, months later, at the local grocery store. Sherry buys a paper and a cold of beer. The headlines say that Sonny is to the chair. She pulls back onto Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The road goes on and the party never ends.