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Version 1 of Lyle Lovett Lyrics West Texas Highway (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/l/lyle-lovett/west-texas-highway/v1...) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| 1 | (M. M. Murphey/B. Castleman) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Now I was driving down | Now I was driving down | |||||||||||||
| a West Texas highway, | a West Texas highway, | |||||||||||||
| 1 | I've seen a hitchhiker | I saw a hitchhiker | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | with his thumb pointing my way, | and his thumb was pointing my way, | 2 | |||||||||||
| He didn't look suspicious | He didn't look suspicious | |||||||||||||
| 3 | he didn't look any too clean. | and he didn't look any too clean. | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | so I put on my brakes | I put on my brakes | 4 | |||||||||||
| and I opened my door, | and I opened my door, | |||||||||||||
| I could tell he was a bum | I could tell he was a bum | |||||||||||||
| by the muddy boots he wore; | by the muddy boots he wore; | |||||||||||||
| He said, "I'm going down to Haskell, | He said, "I'm going down to Haskell, | |||||||||||||
| 5 | Got a woman back in Abilene." | Got a woman down in Abilene." | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | He told me son, "East Texas | He said, "East Texas | 6 | |||||||||||
| is where I come from, | is where I come from, | |||||||||||||
| 7 | I been riding that jacksonville rodeo out there, | I was working a rodeo out there, | 7 | |||||||||||
| And it sure got humdrum. | And it sure got humdrum. | |||||||||||||
| So I'm just traveling around | So I'm just traveling around | |||||||||||||
| A whole lot of Texas I've seen. | A whole lot of Texas I've seen. | |||||||||||||
| 8 | yes and "I'm mighty glad | "I'm mighty glad | 8 | |||||||||||
| you were going my way, | you were going my way, | |||||||||||||
| 9 | In your fancy new clothes there | In your brand new clothes there | 9 | |||||||||||
| 10 | And your shiny big Chevrolet, | And your great big Chevrolet, | 10 | |||||||||||
| I'm going down to Haskell, | I'm going down to Haskell, | |||||||||||||
| Got a woman in Abilene." | Got a woman in Abilene." | |||||||||||||
| 11 | you know, he was grinning like a possum | Well, he was grinning like a possum | 11 | |||||||||||
| And a mighty happy rascal, | And a mighty happy rascal, | |||||||||||||
| 12 | he waved good-bye | And he waved good-bye | 12 | |||||||||||
| When I let him out in Haskell; | When I let him out in Haskell; | |||||||||||||
| And that's about the last | And that's about the last | |||||||||||||
| 13 | of that road tramp | of that old road tramp | 13 | |||||||||||
| 14 | that I've ever did see. | I ever did see. | 14 | |||||||||||
| 15 | But you know I'm still wishing | But I'm still wishing | 15 | |||||||||||
| To this very day, | To this very day, | |||||||||||||
| That he had my clothes | That he had my clothes | |||||||||||||
| 16 | And his shiny Chevrolet, | And my big Chevrolet, | 16 | |||||||||||
| And it was me going to Haskell, | And it was me going to Haskell, | |||||||||||||
| 17 | With a woman back in Abilene. | With a woman down in Abilene. | 17 | |||||||||||
| 1 | you know I'm still wishing | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | to this very day | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | he had my clothes and his big chevrolet | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | and it was me going to haskell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | with a woman back in abilene | 5 | ||||||||||||
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