Hillbilly Highway

My granddaddy 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

Grandma cried when she waved goodbye

I never heard such a lonesome sound

Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop Detroit City bound

Down that h-illbilly highway on that hillbilly highway

That old h-illbilly 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

Grandma cried when he said goodbye

I never heard such a lonesome sound

But daddy had himself a good job in Houston one more rolling down

Repeat #2 That old hillbilly...

Now granddaddy's 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 goin' my way

You know where I'm bound