Sweetheart
Henning Stærk Lyrics

I met her in a truckstop
I encountered her in a place for truckers to stop, eat, and rest.

In some little Texas town
That place was located in a small, unnamed area in Texas.

She just looked up from the counter
She lifted her head from the place where she kept or received payments for purchases.

Surprised that anyone would come around
She was shocked that someone, in this case, the singer, would show up or visit her there.

Just another boring day Out on the Interstate Highway
This was a typical uneventful moment for her on the big road system that connects cities or states.

She said "Hey you guys where are you heading to?
She asked them where they were going.

Try some of my Mexican stew!"
She offered them a local dish with Mexican roots.

I said "I guess we'll take anything as long as it's served by you"
He accepted the offer not because of what was offered but because of her.

She was a sweetheart
She was a generous and kind person.

If there ever was one
He thinks that she was one of the most amiable people he'd ever met.

But we were havin' all the fun
The person telling the story was having a great time with the others, thanks to her cheering attitude.

I said "If you have the time come and keep us company"
He asked her to join them, stay with them, and make the trip less dull.

She said "Time is the one thing
She replied that she had all the time in the world.

That always comes plenty to me - by the way are you on your own
She followed up her reply with a question, inquiring if he was traveling by himself or had other companions.

Or did you leave someone like someone just left me
She questioned if he left someone behind, as she'd recently been left behind herself.

On saturday nights She spent all her time
On Saturdays, she'd invest all of her hours.

'Round the wishingwheel
At the nearby attraction called the wishing wheel.

Drinkin' beers Throwing coins and curses On almost anything
While drinking beer, she'd cast coins, sometimes placing a curse, on almost anything near her.

But there is one thing I could tell
He knew something special.

One night she went to the wheel
He recalled one particular evening when she went to that wheel.

Collected the coins and drank up Everybody's dreams
During that nocturnal session, she collected what the others had thrown and drank up all their dreams.

Solo
This is an instrumental moment in the song, without any lyrics.

She said "I was married twicebut we blew it all up!
She disclosed that she'd been married and divorced twice and that both had been catastrophic.

And now I'm hanging around with the last single man in this town
As a result, she decided to stay with the only man that was still available in that location.

And if anything is happening anywhere he and I - We'll be the ones to care"
She said she and that single man would be the only ones who'd care if something occurred anywhere.

She was a sweetheart...
These are the last words of a chorus repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizing how she was an amiable person.