Sweet Melinda

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