Cooky And Lila Lyrics - Dr. Hook

(D. Hickey) 

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 ought to see him smilin' at her comin' through the door 

Lila always knew, she wasn't no ravin' beauty 

She traded in her virtue 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 cup of 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 else's dream 

Cooky pours the trucker's coffee, Lila serves the rigger's whiskey 

And resists their invitations to go ridin' for a while 

'Cause at a diner across the highway, on a shelf above the pastry 

There's a cup reserved for Lila and the man who makes her smile 

When he says 

"Hi Lila, how about a cup of coffee? 

Take a load off, take your shoes off, here's the sugar and the cream" 

'Cause Cooky's been to war and Lila's been to Denver 

And both of them are casualties of someone else's dream 

Now as the nation rolls along, like a semi down the highway 

Casting lonely broken bodies in the grass along the road 

I've finally found a reason for believing in the future 

Seeing Cooky and his Lila drinking coffee all alone 

Oh yes 

"Hi Lila, how about a cup of coffee? 

Take a load off, take your shoes off, here's the sugar and the cream" 

'Cause Cooky's been to war and Lila's been to Denver 

And both of them are casualties of someone else's dream 

Cooky's been to war, Lord and Lila's been to Denver 

And both of them are casualties of someone else's dream 

(c)1975 Everyday Songs/Baron Music Publ.