Steve Earle - Hillbilly Highway Lyrics
My grandaddy was a miner, but he finally saw the lightHe didnt have much, just a beat-up truck and a dream about a better lifeGrandmama cried when she waved goodbye, never heard such a lonesome soundPretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, detroit city boundDown that hillbilly highwayThat hillbilly highwayHillbilly highwayGoes on and onHe worked and saved his money so that one day he might sendMy old man off to college, to use his brains and not his handsGrandmama cried when she waved goodbye, never heard such a lonesome soundBut daddy had himself a good job in houston, one more rollin downDown that hillbilly highwayThat hillbilly highwayHillbilly highwayGoes on and onGrandaddy rolled over in his grave the day that I quit schoolI just sat around the house playin my guitar, daddy said I was a foolMy mama cried when I said goodbye, I never heard such a lonesome soundNow Im standin on this highway and if youre going my wayYou know where Im bound
