Sweet Melinda Lyrics - John Denver

Pulled out of Denton, Texas 

Two days and nights ago 

I been livin' on pills and burgies 

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 

Doo doo doo, 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 

Whooo 

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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 

Whoo, whooo 

'Cept for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife 

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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 

Whoo, I been ridin' on empty most all of my life