Karaoké The Road Goes on Forever The Highwaymen

Sherry was a waitress at the only joint in town

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

Down Main Street after midnight

With a brand new pack of cigs

A fresh one hanging from her lips

A beer between her legs

She'd ride down to the river and meet with all her friends

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

Sonny was a loner bolder than the rest

He was going in the Navy but he couldn't pass the test

So he hung around town and 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 eight ball at the joint where Sherry works

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 of 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 pick-up

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 setting on them when they reached Miami Beach

They got a motel by the water and 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 Cuban 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 bustin' in

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

The Cubans grabbed the goodies

Sonny grabbed the jack

He broke the bathroom window and climbed on out the back

Sherry drove the pick-up through the alley on the side

Where the 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 dying and they made their get away

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 watched him as his tail lights

Disappeared around the bend

The road goes on forever and the party never ends

There's a 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 onto main street in her new Mercedes-Benz

The road goes on forever and the party never ends