Now I was driving down a West Texas highway
I saw a hitchhiker and his thumb was pointing my way
He didn't look suspicious
He didn't look any too clean
So I put on my brakes and I opened my door
Could tell he was a bum by the muddy boot he wore
He said, "I'm going down to Haskell
Got a woman down in Abilene"
He told me, "Son, East Texas is where I come from
I've been riding that Jacksonville rodeo and I got humdrum
I'm traveling around
A whole lot of Texas I'...