The Road Goes On Forever (Album Version)-Joe Ely

[ti:The Road Goes On Forever (Album Version)] [ar:Joe Ely] [al:From Lubbock to Laredo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Road Goes On Forever (Album Version) - Joe Ely [00:09.75]Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town [00:14.05]She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around [00:18.26]On Main Street after midnight [00:20.51]A brand new pack of cigs [00:22.87]A fresh one hanging from her lips [00:25.21]A beer between her legs [00:27.14]She rides down to the river [00:29.34]And meets with all her friends [00:31.65]The road goes on forever [00:33.82]And the party never ends [00:36.45] [00:39.64]Sonny was a loner older than the rest [00:43.88]He was goin' in the Navy [00:46.14]But couldn't pass the test [00:48.32]So he hung around town he sold a little pot [00:52.62]The law caught wind of Sonny and one day [00:55.90]He got caught [00:57.12]But he was back in business [00:59.21]When they set him free again [01:01.55]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [01:09.46]Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where Sherry works [01:13.54]When some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up [01:16.84]Sherry's skirt [01:18.00]Sonny took his pool cue [01:20.09] laid the drunk out on the floor [01:22.31]Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar walked out the door [01:26.57]She's running right behind him reaching for his hand [01:30.87]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [01:36.37] [01:42.93]They jumped into his pickup [01:44.86]Sonny jammed it down in gear [01:47.00]Sonny looked at Sherry said "Let's get on out of here" [01:51.36]The stars were high above them [01:53.39]The moon was in the east [01:55.62]The sun was setting on them [01:56.97] [01:57.64]When they reached Miami Beach [01:59.56]They got a hotel by the water a quart of Bombay Gin [02:04.12]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [02:08.41] [02:15.89]They soon ran out of money but Sonny knew a man [02:20.15]Who knew some Cuban refugees [02:22.15]Who dealt in contraband [02:23.07] [02:24.42]Sonny met the Cubans in a house just off the route [02:28.58]With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in his boot [02:32.83]The card were on the table when the law came bustin' in [02:36.84]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [02:44.83]The Cubans grabbed the goodies [02:46.65]Sonny grabbed the jack [02:48.74]Broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back [02:52.85]Sherry drove the pickup through the alley on the side [02:57.06]Where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him his rights [03:01.27]She stepped out in the alley with a single shot 410 [03:05.59]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [03:09.83] [03:17.24]They left the lawman lying they made their getaway [03:21.31]Got back to the motel just before the break of day [03:25.48]Sonny gave her all the money he blew a little kiss [03:29.53]If they ask you how this happened say [03:32.01]I forced you into this [03:33.88]She watched him as his taillights [03:36.05]Disappeared around the bend [03:38.06]The road goes on forever and the party never ends [03:43.31] [03:49.84]It's Main Street after midnight just like it was before [03:54.13]Twenty-one months later at the local grocery store [03:58.46]Sherry buys a paper and a cold six-pack of beer [04:02.64]The headlines say that Sonny is going to the chair [04:07.01]She pulls back onto Main Street in her new Mercedes Benz [04:11.39]The road goes on forever and the party never ends