Testo Highway Cafe - Kinky Friedman
Testo della canzone Highway Cafe (Kinky Friedman), tratta dall'album Sold American (30th Anniversary Edition)
She was only a waitress in a highway café
Poured coffee from dusk until dawn
But she was heartbroken 24 hours a day
For she longed for her trucker who'd gone
"Make you the corned beef on rye"
She'd sing with a gleam in her eye
The headlights were burning
The big wheels were turning
Her sweetheart would come by and by
He'd park his great semi off Route 64
She'd blush with a sweet little sigh
For at half past 11, he'd walk in the door
And he'd order her corned beef on rye
"I'll make you the corned beef on rye"
She'd sing with a gleam in her eye
The jukebox was blarin'
His soft eyes were starin'
The corned beef would come by and by
All the drivers remember that night, so they say
She'd said her farewells to them all
But when the hands on the clock reached a quarter past 12
Her suitcase still stood in the hall
And the hours passed by even as the trucks passed by out on the highway
And then two grim highway patrolmen came into the place
Shook the rain from their hats and as the poor girl brought them their coffee
She overheard the words that they said
Oh, Curly, did you see that old diesel flattened out
Like your damned nose up by the predicament tonight?
D'you know, he jack-knifed that son of a bitch slicker than owl shit
Now gimme a little joe over here, honey
Hey man, you don't suppose that he had a little ol' hog
Waitin' on down the line somewhere, do you?
Oh, hell, Curly, don't you know that them truckers
They got to take up a little filly at every
Every café from here to Las Cruces (yeah, don't they?)
Now there is a small truck-stop on Route 64
If you happen to be passin' by
But there's a trucker who never stops in anymore
And a waitress who wished she knew why
"I'll make you the corned beef on rye"
She sings with a tear in her eyes
And as her dark eyes are glistening
There's someone who's listening
In that highway café in the sky
"I'll make you the corned beef on rye"
She sings with a tear in her eyes
And as her dark eyes are glistening
There's someone who's listening
In that highway café in the sky
"I'll make you the corned beef on rye"
She sings with a tear in her eye
As her dark eyes are glistening
There's someone who's listening
In that highway café in the sky
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Writer(s): Kinky Friedman
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