West Texas Highway Lyrics - Lovett Lyle

Now I was driving down a West Texas highway 

I saw a hitchhiker and his thumb was pointing my way 

He didn't look suspicious 

He didn't look any too clean 

So I put on my brakes and I opened my door 

Could tell he was a bum by the muddy boot he wore 

He said, "I'm going down to Haskell 

Got a woman down in Abilene" 

He told me, "Son, East Texas is where I come from 

I've been riding that Jacksonville rodeo and I got humdrum 

I'm traveling around 

A whole lot of Texas I've seen" 

Yes and I'm mighty glad you was pushing down my way 

Your fancy clothes and this shiny Chevrolet 

Yes I'm going down to Haskell 

Got a woman back in Abilene 

You know he was grinning like a possum and mighty happy rascal 

He waved good-bye when I let him out in Haskell 

And that's about the last of that 

Road tramp that I've ever seen 

But you know that I'm still wishing to this very day 

That he had my clothes and this shiny Chevrolet 

And it was me going to Haskell 

With a woman in Abilene 

You know that I'm still wishing to this very day 

That he had my clothes and this big Chevrolet 

And it was me going to Haskell 

With a woman back in Abilene