J-Tull Truckstop Runner Lyrics

Stopped off on a long drive down from the high country.
Spent a long time sitting here, long time counting hot miles.
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, "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.
"Oh, 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, "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.
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.