WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House F Now I was driving down F A West Texas highway Gm I saw a hitchhiker G#m7 And his thumb was pointing my way F He didn't look suspicious Gm C And he didn't look any too clean F I put on my brakes F And I opened my door Gm I could tell he was a bum G#m7 By the muddy boots he wore F He said I'm going down to Haskell C F Got a woman down in Abilene. F He said son East Texas F Is where I come from Gm I was working a rodeo out there G#m7 And it sure got humdrum F So I'm just travelling around Gm C A whole lot of Texas I've seen F I'm mighty glad F You were going my way Gm In your brand new clothes there G#m7 And your great big Chevrolet F I'm going down to Haskell C F Got a woman back in Abilene. F Well he was grinning like a possum F And a mighty happy rascal Gm And he waved good-bye G#m7 When I let him out in Haskell F And that's about the last Gm Of that old road tramp G#m7 I ever did see F But I'm still wishing F To this very day Gm That he had my clothes G#m7 And my big Chevrolet F And it was me going to Haskell C F With a woman down in Abilene.