The Road Goes On Forever

E Well, Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town A She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around E Down mainstreet after midnight a brand new pack of cigs A A fresh one hangin from her lips, a me between her legs B7 She rides down to the river and meets with all her friends A E The road goes on forever, and the party never ends Well, Sonny was a loner, he older than the rest He was goin' in the Navy, but he couldn't pass the test So he hung around town, he sold a lot of pot The law caught wind of Sonny and one day he got caught He was back in business when they set him free again The road goes on forever and the party never ends Well, 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 Stuck 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 her 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 settin' on them when they reached Miami Beach They got a hotel by the water, a quart of Bombay Gin And the road goes on forever and that party never ends They soon ran out of money, but old Sonny knew a man who knew some Cuban refugees, that 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 cards were on the table when the law come-a bustin' in The road goes on forever and that party never ends Those Cubans grabbed the goodies, Sonny grabbed that jack Broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back Sherry drove the pickup to 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 4-10 The road goes on forever and that party never ends They left the lawman lying, they made their getaway They got back to the motel just before the break of day Sonny gave her all the money, and he blew a little kiss If they ask you how this happened say I forced you into this She watches him as his taillights disappeared around the bend The road goes on forever and that party never ends Well now it's 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 read that Sonny is going to the chair She pulls back on the main street in her new Mercedes Benz The road goes on forever and that party never ends