Truck Stop Runner

Truck Stop Runner - Jethro Tull

Written by：Ian Anderson

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

Truck stop runner