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 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

 With a woman down in Abilene.