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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.