Hillbilly Highway

(Jimbeau Hinson - Steve Earle)



My grandaddy was a miner

But he finally saw the light

He didn't have much just a beat-up truck

And a dream about a better life.



Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye

You never heard such a lonesome sound

Pretty soon the dirt road turned

Into blacktop, Detroit City bound.



Down that hillbilly highway

On That hillbilly highway

That old Hillbilly highway

Goes on and on.



Now he worked and saved his money

So that one day he might send

My daddy off to college

To use his brains and not his hands.



Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye

Never heard such a lonesome sound.

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston

One more rollin' down.



Down that old hillbilly highway

That old hillbilly highway

That old Hillbilly highway

Goes on and on.



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Now grandaddy rolled over in his grave

The day that I quit'school

I just sat around the house playin' my guitar,

Daddy said I was a fool.



My mama cried when I said goodbye,

I never heard such a lonesome sound.

Now I'm standin' on this highway

And if you're going my way

You know where I'm bound.



Down that old hillbilly highway

That old hillbilly highway

That old Hillbilly highway

Goes on and on...



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Hillbilly highway, hillbilly highway

Hillbilly highway...