The Road Goes On Forever-Robert Earl Keen

[ti:The Road Goes On Forever] [ar:Robert Earl Keen] [al:Live from Austin TX] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Road Goes On Forever - Robert Earl Keen (罗伯特·伯爵基恩) [00:00.72]Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town [00:04.53]She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around [00:08.09] [00:08.84]Down main street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs [00:12.67] [00:13.22]A fresh one hangin' from her lips and a beer between her legs [00:17.19]She'd ride down to the river and meet with all her friends [00:21.09]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [00:25.04] [00:29.66]Sonny was a loner he was older than the rest [00:33.00]He was going into the navy but he couldn't pass the test [00:37.31]So he hung around town he sold a little pot [00:41.08] [00:41.62]The law caught wind of Sonny and one day he got caught [00:45.94]But he was back in business when they set him free again [00:49.96]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [00:53.91] [01:00.62]Sonny's playin' 8 ball at the joint where Sherry works [01:03.46]When some drunken outta towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt [01:07.16]Sonny took his pool cue laid the drunk out on the floor [01:10.24]Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar and walked on out the door [01:13.71]She's runnin' right behind him reachin' for his hand [01:17.04]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [01:20.13] [01:26.64]They jumped into his pick up Sonny jammed her down in gear [01:30.23]Sonny looked at Sherry and said lets get on outta here [01:33.37]The stars were high above them and the moon was in the east [01:36.92]The sun was settin' on them when they reached miami beach [01:39.47]They got a hotel by the water and a quart of bombay gin [01:43.05] [01:43.59]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [01:46.47] [01:49.92]They soon ran out of money but Sonny knew a man [01:53.30]Who knew some cuban refugees that delt in contraband [01:55.95] [01:56.67]Sonny met the cubans in a house just off the route [01:59.40]With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot [02:03.01]The cards were on the table when the law came bustin' in [02:06.75]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [02:09.59] [02:12.84]The cubans grabbed the goodies and Sonny grabbed the jack [02:16.18]He broke a bathroom window and climbed on out the back [02:18.74] [02:19.44]Sherry drove the pick up through the alley on the side [02:22.75]Where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights [02:25.87]She stepped into the alley with a single shot 410 [02:29.57]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [02:32.80] [03:33.02]They left the lawman lyin' and they made their get away [03:36.40]They got back to the motel just before the break of day [03:39.49]Sonny gave her all the money and he blew her a little kiss [03:42.92]If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this [03:46.18]She watched him as his taillights disappeared around the bend [03:50.05]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [03:52.88] [03:56.21]Its main street after midnight just like it was before [03:58.86] [03:59.75]21 months later at the local grocery store [04:02.58] [04:03.44]Sherry buys a paper and a cold 6 pack of beer [04:07.04]The headlines read that Sonny is goin' to the chair [04:10.42] [04:11.44]She pulls back onto main street in her new mercedes benz [04:14.92] [04:15.49]The road goes on forever and the party never ends