Pulled out of Denton, Texas   Two days and nights ago   I been livin' on pills and burgies   Till the whites of my eyes don't show      The south-bound headlights are makin' me blind   And I'm too damn tired to blink   My toes are numb and my brain's gone dumb   And I can just barely think      Doo doo doo, sweet Melinda, my wife      The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler   Cuts through me like a knife   Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife   I been ridin' on empty most all of my life   Whooo      Two more hours till daylight   And 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      Singin' Ooh, sweet Melinda, my wife      The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler   Cuts through me like a knife   Except for you, sweet Melinda, my wife   I been ridin' on empty most all of my life   Whoo, whooo      'Cept for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife      The lonesome moan of this eighteen wheeler   Cuts through me like a knife   Except for you, Sweet Melinda, my wife   I been ridin' on empty most all of my life   Whoo, I been ridin' on empty most all of my life