Lyle Lovett Lyrics
West Texas Highway

Now I was driving down
a West Texas highway,
I've seen a hitchhiker
with his thumb 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,
I could tell he was a bum
by the muddy boots he wore;
He said, "I'm going down to Haskell,
Got a woman back in Abilene."
He told me son, "East Texas
is where I come from,
I been riding that jacksonville rodeo out there,
And it sure got humdrum.
So I'm just traveling around
A whole lot of Texas I've seen.
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yes and "I'm mighty glad
you were going my way,
In your fancy new clothes there
And your shiny big Chevrolet,
I'm going down to Haskell,
Got a woman in Abilene."
you know, he was grinning like a possum
And a 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 did see.
But you know I'm still wishing
To this very day,
That he had my clothes
And his shiny Chevrolet,
And it was me going to Haskell,
With a woman back in Abilene.
you know I'm still wishing
to this very day
he had my clothes and his big chevrolet
and it was me going to haskell
with a woman back in abilene