I Don't Know...Please Tell Me!

Tanya Tucker · Other Songs - Tanya Tucker

I've been waiting tables in charley's grill

since the spring i turned sixteen.

It's a small cafe' near the railroad station

in downtown Aberdean.

Folk's round hear don't say to much

cept when it's gonna rain

and the most exciting thing to do

is watch who get's off the train.



One morning a tall dark stranger

got the 204.

With a suit/tie and shiny boots,

and a question in his eye.

Lord how I was blushing

when he walked into the cafe'

Tipped me a dollar

for a cup of coffee

And, and then I heard him say



he said,

"Girl it get plenty loney

for a saleman on the road.

Do you know a quiet

where a saleman can rest a while?"



The next morning, when the

sun came up,

he was lying in my bed.

Telling me about

the traveling business

and how he got ahead.



From then on out I couldn't wait

for the second/ third day of every

month when my saleman came town.

and what else was a girl to do when

he smiled at me and said,



he said,

"Girl it get plenty loney

for a saleman on the road.

Do you know a quiet

where a saleman can rest a while?"



I had some news about him and me,

I was sure would make him stay.

But a tall dark stranger got off

the train instead.

And what else was a girl to do

when he smiled at me and said,



he said,

"Girl it get plenty loney

for a saleman on the road.

Do you know a quiet

where a saleman can rest a while?"