He was a short-order cook
  and not too much to look at
  and he traded in his foot
  for a medal in the war .
  He loved a girl named Lila
  in a bar across the highway
  and you oughta see him smilin'
  at her comin' through the door .
  
  And he says "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  And Cooky's been to war , Lord
  and Lila's been to Denver
  and both of them are casualties
  of someone elses dream .
  
  Lila always knew
  she was no raving beauty .
  She traded in her vertue
  to a trucker at sixteen .
  But she forgets to remember
  how he left her off in Denver
  when she sees her Cooky smilin'
  as she opens up the screen .
  
  And he says "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  Cooky's been to war
  and Lila's been to Denver
  and both of them are casualties
  of someone elses dream .
  
  Cooky pours the truckers coffee
  Lila serves the riggers whiskey
  and resists their invitations
  to go ridin' for a while .
  'Cos an a diner across the highway
  on shelf above the pastries
  there's a cup reserved for Lila
  and the man who makes her smile .
  
  When he says "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  'Cos Cooky's been to war , Lord
  and Lila's been to Denver
  and both of them are casualties
  of someone elses dream .
  
  Now as the nation rolls along
  like a semi down the highway
  passed the lonely broken bodies
  and the grass along the road .
  I finanlly found my reason
  for believin' in the future
  seeing Cooky and his Lila
  drinkin' coffee all alone .
  
  "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  When he says "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  'Cos Cooky's been to war , Lord
  and Lila's been to Denver
  and both of them are casualties
  of someone elses dream .
  When he says "Hi , Lila !
  How about a cupp-a coffee ?
  Take a load off -
  take your shoes off -
  Here's the sugar and the cream "
  'Cos Cooky's been to war
  and Lila's been to Denver
  and both of them are casualties
  of someone elses dream .