Ricky Skaggs - Hillbilly Highway Lyrics
My grandaddy was a minerBut he finally saw the lightHe didn't have muchJust a beat-up truck and a dream about a better lifeGrandmama cried when she waved goodbyeYou never heard such a lonesome sound.Pretty soon the dirt road turnedInto blacktop, Detroit City boundDown that hillbilly highwayOn That hillbilly highwayThat old Hillbilly highwayGoes on and on.Now he worked and saved his moneySo that one day he might sendMy daddy off to collegeTo use his brains and not his handsGrandmama cried when she waved goodbyeNever heard such a lonesome sound.But daddy had himself a good job in HoustonOne more rollin' downDown that old hillbilly highwayThat old hillbilly highwayThat old Hillbilly highwayGoes on and on.--- Instrumental ---Now grandaddy rolled over in his graveThe 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 sound.Now I'm standin' on this highwayAnd if you're going my wayYou know where I'm boundDown that old hillbilly highwayThat old hillbilly highwayThat old Hillbilly highwayGoes on and on...
