By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett
Album: Step Inside this House

FNow I was driving down
FA West Texas highway
GmI saw a hitchhiker
And his thumG#m7b was pointing my way
FHe didn't look suspicious
GmAnd he didn't look any too cleanC
FI put on my brakes
And I openeFd my door
I could telGml he was a bum
By the muddy boots he G#m7wore
He said I'm going dFown to Haskell
CGot a woman down in Abilene.F
He said son EFast Texas
Is where I come fromF
I was workGming a rodeo out there
And it surG#m7e got humdrum
So I'm just travelFling around
A whGmole lot of Texas I've seenC

FI'm mighty glad
FYou were going my way
GmIn your brand new clothes there
And your great big ChevrG#m7olet
FI'm going down to Haskell
Got a womaCn back in Abilene.F
FWell he was grinning like a possum
FAnd a mighty happy rascal
And he Gmwaved good-bye
When I let hG#m7im out in Haskell
FAnd that's about the last
Of that old road Gmtramp
I ever did seeG#m7
FBut I'm still wishing
FTo this very day
That he Gmhad my clothes
And my big ChG#m7evrolet
And it was me goiFng to Haskell
With a womaCn down in Abilene.F