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John Denver Lyrics for Song: Sweet Melinda
 Lyrics for Album: The Music Of John Denver [2009]
 
 
 
 39001>Pulled out of Denton, Texas
 
 Two days and nights ago
 
 I been livin' on pills and burgers
 
 Till the whites of my eyes don't show
 
 The south-bound headlights are makin' me blind
 
 And I'm too damn tired to blink
 
 My toes are numb and my brain's gone dumb
 
 And I can just barely think
 
 Sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
 
 Cuts through me like a knife
 
 Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
 
 
 
 Two more hours till daylight
 
 And it's startin' to rain again
 
 A sign up ahead says welcome to Paradise
 
 Population Ten
 
 Well, me and this truck and that old white line
 
 Stumblin' on and on
 
 Like three old drinkin' buddies
 
 Comin' home at dawn
 
 Singin' Ooh, sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
 
 Cuts through me like a knife
 
 Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
 
 
 
 Except for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler
 
 Cuts through me like a knife
 
 Except for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife
 
 I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
 
 I been ridin' on empty most all of my life
 
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