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
iĄŻve been livinĄŻ on pills and burgies
till the whites of my eyes donĄŻt show
Southbound headlights are makinĄŻ me blind
iĄŻm 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
ĄŻcept for you, sweet melinda, my wife
i been ridinĄŻ on empty
most all of my life
Two more hours of daylight
itĄŻs startinĄŻ to rain again
a sign up ahead says Ą°welcome to paradise
population tenĄą
Well me and this truck and that old white line
stumblinĄŻ on and on
like three old drinkinĄŻ buddies
cominĄŻ home at dawn