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Truck Stop Runner

This version of Truck Stop Runner was released by Jethro Tull in 1993.

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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.

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Jethro Tull has released many songs over the years besides Truck Stop Runner. Jethro Tull released songs from 1968 to 2003 spanning across albums like This Was, Stand Up, Benefit, Aqualung, Living In The Past, Thick As A Brick, A Passion Play, Warchild, Minstrel In The Gallery, Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die!, Songs From The Wood, Heavy Horses, Stormwatch, A, The Broadsword And The Beast, Under Wraps, Crest Of A Knave, Rock Island, Catfish Rising, Nightcap, Roots To Branches, J-Tull Dot Com, and The Jethro Tull Christmas Album. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Jethro Tull.

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