This song was first released on the john denver album. it is the only album it has been released on.
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 numb
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 ��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