(kinky friedman)
She was only a in a highway cafe coffee from dusk until dawn But heart-broken 24 hours a day For she longed for her trucker gone
"will you make it a beef on rye" He'd with a gleam in her eye Oh, the headlights were And the big wheels were Her sweetheart would by and by
He'd park his semi off route 64 blush with a sweet little sigh For at half eleven, he'd walk in the door And order a beef on rye
"will you make it a corned on rye" sing with a gleam in her eye The jukebox was His eyes were starin' And the corned beef come by and by
All the remember that night, so they say She'd her farewells to them all But when the hands on the reached a quarter past twelve Her suitcase stood in the hall
And the hours by even as the trucks passed by out on the highway And then two grim highway patrolmen into the place shook the rain from their hats And as the poor girl brought their coffee These were the words they said
"hey, curly, did you see old diesel flattened out Like your damned nose up by the tonight?
"well, he jack-knifed that son of a bitch slicker owl shit!
"i'll have a dog over here, baby.
"hell, you suppose that he had a little ol' hog way down the line somewhere, do you?
"hey now, curly, don't you that them damn truckers They got to up a little filly at every cafe from here to las cruces!"
Now there is a truck-stop on route 64 If you happen to be by a trucker that never stops in anymore There's a waitress who wished she why
"oh, make it a beef on rye" She with a tear in her eye And as her dark eyes are There's someone listening In that highway in the sky
"oh, make you the corned beef on rye" She with a tear in her eye And as her dark are glistening There's who's listening In that highway in the sky