Written by Boomer Castleman and Michael Martin Murphey
[Verse 1]
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I was a driving down a West Texas highway
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I seen a hitchhiker with his thumb pointin' my way
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He didn't look suspicious he didn't look any too clean
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So I I put on my brakes and I I opened up the door
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I could tell he was a bum by the boots that he wore
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He said I'm going down to Haskell got a woman back in Abilene
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[Verse 2]
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He told me son East Texas is where I come from
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I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo and I got humdrum
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I'm traveling around a whole lot of Texas I've seen
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Yes and I'm I'm mighty glad you was pushin' down my way
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In your fancy clothes and this shiny Chevrolet
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Said I'm going down to Haskell got a woman back in Abilene
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[INSTRUMENTAL over verse chords]
[Verse 3]
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You know he was was grinning like a possum a mighty happy rascal
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He waved good bye when I I let him out in Haskell
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And that's about the last of that road tramp that I've ever seen
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But you know that I'm still wishing to this very day
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That he had my clothes and this shiney Chevrolet
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And it was me going to Haskell with a woman back in Abilene
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[OUTRO slowing down]
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You know that I'm still wishing to this very day
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He had my clothes and this big Chevrolet
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And it was me going to Haskell with a woman back in Abilene
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