Truck Stop Sweetheart

from A WORLD LIKE THIS by Bob Perry

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Truck Stop Sweetheart
Written by Mike Viola (ASCAP)

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I slammed my rig down
Pulled her in to get unwound
Seven days on the road
About to be unraveled

There’s a waitress at this diner
And she waits here just for me to tell her
One of these lonely nights
She can tag along

All the truckers passing through
Her reflection in the chrome, she knew that
Freedom’s a lie
That she could not forgive

But that asphalt river’s flowing
Gotta get my diesel rolling
There’s a place in my heart
Where she can stow-away

She knows that I’ll be returning
So she keeps the truck stop lights burning
Roll on
Roll on
The highway takes me far
From my truck stop sweetheart

The cold blue desert winds
Leads me back to where I’ve been
Well it all just looks the same
It feels like I ain’t traveling

Well I’m thinking about that girl
Her pink polyester curls
And the coffee that she spills
And the sentence that she serves

She knows that I’ll be returning
So she keeps the truck stop lights burning
Roll on
Roll on
The highway takes me far
From my truck stop sweetheart

That asphalt river’s flowing
Gotta get my diesel rolling
There’s a place in my heart
Where she can stow-away

She knows that I’ll be returning
So she keeps the truck stop lights burning
Roll on
Roll on
The highway takes me far
From my truck stop sweetheart
The highway takes me far
From my truck stop sweetheart

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from A WORLD LIKE THIS, released September 3, 2021
Truck Stop Sweetheart
Written by Mike Viola (ASCAP)
Chris O'Hara - Drums
Ray Nissen – Bass Guitar
Bob Perry – Vocals, Guitars
Recorded @ Chrometop Studios

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