Robert Earl Sherry was a waitress at the only in town. She had a reputation as a girl been around. On Main street midnight, a brand new pack of cig's, a fresh one from her lips, a beer between her legs. She rides down to the river, and meets all her friends. The road goes on forever and the party 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 wind of Sonny and one day he got caught. But he was in business when they set him free again. The road on forever and the party never ends.
Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the where Sherry works when some out-of-towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt. Sonny took his pool cue, laid the 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 goes on and the party never ends.
They jumped into his pickup, jammed it down in gear. looked at Sherry, said 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 road on forever and the party never ends.
They soon ran out of money but, Sonny a man, who knew some refugees, who dealt in contraband. Sonny met the Cubans in a house off the route, With a briefcase full of and a pistol in his boot. The card were on the table the law came bustin' in. The road goes on and the party never ends.
The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny the jack the bathroom window and climbed on out the back. Sherry drove the pickup the alley on the side, where a lawman tackled Sonny and was him his rights. She stepped out in the alley with a single shot The road goes on and the party never ends.
They 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 this happened say I forced you this. She watched him as his disappeared around the bend. The goes on forever and the party never ends.
Its main after midnight, just like it was before, Twenty-one months later, at the grocery store. Sherry buys a paper and a six-pack of beer. The headlines say Sonny is going to the chair. She pulls back onto Street in her new Mercedes Benz. The road goes on and the party never ends.