Terry Allen - Night Cafe LYRICS

Yeah the truck drivin man

He gonna understand

When he pulls into the night cafe

He gonna walk right in

Where there's too many men

Wantin hamburgers right away

When he finally finds a booth

He calls to waitress "Ruth"

He says "Gimme the special ah the day"

Hot beef

Yeah but Ruth gets goosed

At the opposite booth

An she runs off the other way

But he don? care cause...



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That old jukebox is playing his love song

An the coffee is hot ... In the cup

And there's a light in the night

That spells 'Cafe'

Where the big trucks are all ... pullin up



Yeah truck drivin man

He got a mouth full of sin

But his heart looks the other way

An though they hot-eye Ruth

Well they know the truth

Is ?weet galdown the way

So they cuss an they grin

They fill their thermos again

And they listen to the music

Play

They got a heavy load

Waitin out on the road

An a home still two days away

But they can wait for it

Cause...



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Yeah the truck drivin man

He gonna understand

When he leaves that night cafe

He gonna dance a jig

Out beside his rig

Just to shake the cold away

He gonna slam the door

An let the diesel roar

Down the dark highway

But he has no fears

While he's shiftin gears

To that next ... night cafe

Cause he knows glowin there

Like a diamond in the tar pit



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