Lyle Lovett - West Texas Highway lyrics

(M. M. Murphey/B. Castleman)

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

and he didn't look any too clean.

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 down in Abilene."

He said, "East Texas

is where I come from,

I was working a rodeo out there,

And it sure got humdrum.

So I'm just traveling around

A whole lot of Texas I've seen.

"I'm mighty glad

you were going my way,

In your brand new clothes there

And your great big Chevrolet,

I'm going down to Haskell,

Got a woman in Abilene."

Well, he was grinning like a possum

And a mighty happy rascal,

And he waved good-bye

When I let him out in Haskell;

And that's about the last

of that old road tramp

I ever did see.

But I'm still wishing

To this very day,

That he had my clothes

And my big Chevrolet,

And it was me going to Haskell,

With a woman down in Abilene.