Song Description

Waitress falls in love with trucker. She waits for him. He comes back too late. She's already gone.

Lyrics

The Wayside
(Copyright - RobRoy West Music)

Rusty was a waitress
at the old Wayside Cafe
with a smile for all the large car types
who came in every day

If they sometimes came on
she just skated through the game
but when our friend J D walked in
it never was the same

Fell for him and she fell hard
and no, she did not doubt his word
he said he would come again
and when he came, she'd take his name

Who can ever know his mind
Only know that when the time came
he left her standin' by the Wayside

With a woman and a man
which of us can understand, and
he left her standin' by the Wayside

'Course J D's sanity eventually returned
he saw what a lovely bridge
so thoughtlessly he'd burned
and he looked for the first time
at the emptiness inside
and how it only could be filled
by the pretty one he'd thrown aside

He went back and all her friends
said yes she'd waited long but then
after she had had her cry
she took her things and said goodbye

And she is gone he knows not where
and though she is no longer there
he keeps on fallin' by the Wayside

She may come this way again
she just might could happen in, and
he keeps on fallin' by the Wayside

With a woman and a man
who can really understand why
we keep on fallin' by the wayside