Pulled out of Linden, Texas
Two days and nights ago
I've been livin' on pills and burgies
Till the whites of my eyes don't show
Southbound headlights are makin' me blind
I'm too damn tired to blink
My toes are numb and my brains 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
'Cept for you, sweet Melinda, my wife
I been ridin' on empty
Most all of my life
Two more hours of daylight
It's startin' to rain again
A sign up ahead says ââ‚Â
Mary-Ann (R.I.P)
Silence fills the room
calmness is complete
misery is fading away from her face
her restless soul
is forever gone
always running away from here
she left me alone
She left me her warmth
for the cold days ahead
down pours the rain to wash away
the lust of life