WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House
Now I was a`driving down
A West Texas highway
I seen a hitchhiker
His thumb was pointin my way
He didn't look suspicious
He didn't look any too clean
So I, I put on my brakes
And I opened up the door
I could tell he was a bum
By the 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 ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo
And I got humdrum
I'm travelling around
A whole lot of Texas I've seen
Yes and I'm, I'm mighty glad
You was pushin' down my way
In your fancy clothes
And this shiny Chevrolet
Said I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woman back in Abilene.
--- Dobro / Piano leads
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 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 down in Abilene.
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
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With a woman down in Abilene.