Dr. Hook: Cookie & Lila

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 .