The Road Goes On Forever

(album: Cold War Classics, Vol. 2 - 2023)

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town
She had a reputation as a girl who'd been around
Main Street after midnight with a brand new pack of cigs
A fresh one hanging from her lips and a beer between her legs
She'd ride down the river and meet with all her friends
The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Sonny was a loner he was older than the rest
He was going into the Navy but he couldn't pass the test
So he hung around town he sold a little pot
The law got 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 playing 8-ball at the joint where Sherry worked
When some drunken outta towner put his hand up Sherry's skirt
Sonny took his pool cue laid the drunk out on the floor
Placed a dollar in her tip jar and walked on out the door
She's running right behind him reaching for his hands
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 and said let's get on outta here
The stars were high above them and the moon was in the east
The sun was setting on them when they hit Miami Beach
They got a hotel by the water and a quart of Bombay gin
The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Lalalalalala the party never ends
Lalalalalala the party never ends

They soon ran out of money but 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 came busting in
The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Party never ends
Party never ends

The Cubans grabbed the goodies and Sonny grabbed the Jack
He broke a 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 into the alley with a single shot 410
The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Party never ends
Party never ends

They left the lawman lying and 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 her 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

Party never ends
Party never ends

It's Main Street after midnight just like it was before
21 months later at the local grocery store
Sherry buys a paper and a cold 6-pack of beer
The headlines read 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

The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends

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The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
Party never ends
The road goes on forever
Party never ends
Party never ends
Party never ends
Party never ends