Truck Stop Runner lyrics

Song information

Artist: Jethro Tull
Album: Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991

Lyrics

Stopped off on a long drive
Down from the high country
Spent a long time sitting here
Long time counting hot miles
Ohh, oh I'd like a cup of black coffee and a piece of sweet cake
But the girl in the print dress doesn't want my money--
She won't take it: she says--

Oh she says
Oh she says I just know you're a leo
I can tell you've got a lion's heart
She went on in this way for a while
Like some 60's sister playing a part
Ohh this cup of black coffee gonna do me just fine
Through the dust in the mirror tiles I can see that door
Keep it close behind

Oh she says
She says, come on over to my house
Make a journey here sometime
You know there's a party going on
A ladder in my stocking you can climb
There's a ladder you can climb

Oh she looked so liberated
She was looking fit to start
She got this back to front and sideways
Wore her sleeve upon her heart
Ohhh, oh, just one more coffee's 'bout all I can take
Have to do a truck stop runner now
I'm not man enough to make it
She says
She says

Oh she says
She says, come on over to my house
Make a journey here sometime
You know there's a party going on
A ladder in my stocking you can climb
There's a ladder you can climb

Stopped off on a long drive
Down from the high country
Spent a long time sitting here
Long time counting hot miles
Ohh, oh I'd like a cup of black coffee and a piece of sweet cake
But the girl in the print dress doesn't want my money--
She won't take it: she says--

Oh she says
She says, come on over to my house
Make a journey here sometime
Kick off those tired sports shoes--
Got a ladder in my stocking you can climb
There's a ladder you can climb

Truck stop runner

I'll be a truck stop runner

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Nightcap: The Unreleased Masters 1973-1991" album track list