Road Goes On Forever lyrics

Artist  : Jack Ingram 
Song : Road Goes On Forever
 
Robert Earl Keen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in
town.

She had a reputation as a girl who'd been
around.

On Main street after midnight, a brand new pack
of cig's,

a fresh one hanging from her lips, a beer between
her legs.

She rides down to the river, and meets with all
her friends.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



Sonny was a loner, older than the rest.

He was goin' in the Navy, but couldn't pass the
test.

So he hung around town, he sold a little pot.

The law caught wind of Sonny and one day he got
caught.

But he was back in business when they set him
free again.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



Sonny's playin' eight-ball in the joint where
Sherry works

when some drunken out-of-towner put his hand up
Sherry's skirt.

Sonny took his pool cue, laid the drunk out on
the floor.

Stuffed a dollar in her tip jar, walked out the
door.

She's running right behind him, reaching for his
hand.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



They jumped into his pickup, Sonny jammed it down
in gear.

Sonny looked at Sherry, said Let's get on out of
here.

The stars were high above them, the moon was in
the east.

The sun was setting on them when they reached
Miami Beach.

They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay
Gin.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



They soon ran out of money but, Sonny knew a
man,

who knew some Cuban refugees, who dealt in
contraband.

Sonny met the Cubans in a house just off the
route,

With a briefcase full of money and a pistol in
his boot.

The card were on the table when the law came
bustin' in.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



The Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed a
jack,

Broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the
back.

Sherry drove the pickup through the alley on the
side,

where a lawman tackled Sonny and was reading him
his rights.

She stepped out in the alley with a single shot
four-ten

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



They left the lawman lying, they made their
getaway.

Got back to the motel just before the break of
day.

Sonny gave her all the money, he blew a little
kiss.

If they ask you how this happened say I forced
you into this.

She watched him as his taillights disappeared
around the bend.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.



Its main street after midnight, just like it was
before,

Twenty-one months later, at the local grocery
store.

Sherry buys a paper and a cold six-pack of
beer.

The headlines say that Sonny is going to the
chair.

She pulls back onto Main Street in her new
Mercedes Benz.

The road goes on forever and the party never
ends.