Robert Earl Sherry was a waitress at the only in town. She had a reputation as a girl been around. On street after midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a one hanging from her lips, a beer between her legs. She rides down to the river, and meets all her friends. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
was a loner, older than 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 of Sonny and one day he got caught. But he was back in business when they set him again. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny's playin' in the joint where Sherry works when some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up skirt. took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on the floor. Stuffed a in her tip jar, walked out the door. She's running right him, reaching for his hand. The road on forever and the party never ends.
They into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down in gear. Sonny looked at Sherry, said get on out of here. The stars were high above them, the was in the east. The sun was setting on them when they Miami Beach. They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Gin. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
They soon ran out of money but, Sonny a man, who knew some Cuban refugees, who in contraband. met the Cubans in a house just off the route, With a full of money and a pistol in his boot. The card were on the table when the law came in. The road goes on forever and the party ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny the jack Broke the bathroom window and on out the back. Sherry drove the pickup through the on the side, where a lawman Sonny and was reading him his rights. She stepped out in the alley with a single shot The road goes on forever and the party ends.
They left the lawman dying they their getaway. Got to the motel just before the break of day. Sonny gave her all the money, he blew a kiss. If they ask you how happened say I forced you into this. She watched him as his disappeared around the bend. The road goes on forever and the never ends.
Its main after midnight, just like it was before, Twenty-one later, at the local grocery store. Sherry buys a paper and a six-pack of beer. The headlines say that Sonny is to the chair. She pulls back Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The goes on forever and the party never ends.