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

Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye, you never heard such a lonesome sound

Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop

Detroit City bound

Down that Hillbilly Highway

On that Hillbilly Highway

That ol' Hillbilly Highway

Goes on and on

Now he worked, and he saved his money, so that one day he might send

My old man off to college to use his brains and not his hands

Grandmama cried when he said goodbye, you never heard such a lonesome sound

Daddy had himself a good job in Houston, one more rollin' down

That ol' Hillbilly Highway

That ol' Hillbilly Highway

That ol' Hillbilly Highway

Goes on and on

On and on and on, here it goes

Now, Granddaddy rolled over in his grave the day that I quit school

I just sat around the house playin' my guitar, and Daddy said I was a fool

My mama cried when I said goodbye, you 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

Down that Hillbilly Highway

On that Hillbilly Highway

That ol' Hillbilly Highway

Goes on and on

Mmm, yeah, and that's the road I'm on

Hillbilly Highway

Hillbilly Highway