The Hitch - Hiker Lyrics - Storyteller Poet Philosopher - Tom T. Hall

I don't know why it is every time I take a trip 

It's always raining somewhere down the line 

This particular night was in Prestonsburg, Kentucky 

I stopped to give a country boy a ride 

I saw him running toward the car, he carried an old suitcase 

A cigarette was dangling from his lips 

He threw the suitcase in the back and as he got inside 

He said, "I'm sorry, but I'm awful wet." 

I said, "Where are you headed, kid?" And he said, "To Louisville" 

Said he had an uncle there who ran a store 

Said his daddy died three weeks ago and they didn't own the place 

And they said he couldn't live there anymore 

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He said his education was that he could read and write 

He quit school the time his dad got hurt 

Ain't much goes on in Prestonsburg, and he was seventeen 

And he had to go some place to find some work 

He talked about the girl whose father had a lot of money 

He said he'd send and get her if he could 

His daddy taught him all there was about tobacco-farmin' 

And he said he played the banjer pretty good 

We stopped to get a sandwich and the waitress brought a menu 

And I noticed that he read the prices first 

He ordered him a hot dog with a lot of table ketchup 

And water seemed to satisfy his thirst 

Well, it took awhile but I insisted that I pay the ticket 

Excused myself and went out to the car 

He came out, got in the car and handed me a quarter 

And he said, "You left this layin' on the bar." 

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I dropped him off in Lexington and drove down to Bowling Green 

And I thought, boy you'll never make it without help 

And then I got to thinkin' about the days when I was younger 

And I started out the same darn way myself 

Well, I don't know why it is every time I take a trip 

It's always raining somewhere down the line...