My grandaddy 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

He never heard such a lonesome sound

Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop

Detroit city bound

And that hillbilly highway on that hillbilly highway

That old hillbilly highway goes on and on

And he worked and 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

He never heard such a lonesome sound

But daddy had himself a good job

In Houston one more rollin' down

That old hillbilly highway that old hillbilly highway

That old hillbilly highway goes on and on

On and on and on here we go

And grandaddy rolled over in his grave the day that I quit school

I just sat around the house playin' my guitar daddy said I was a fool

My mama cried when I said goodbye

I never heard such a lonesome sound

Now I'm standin' on this highway

And if you're going my way you know where I'm bound

Down that hillbilly highway on that hillbilly highway

That old hillbilly highway goes on and on

Mmm yeah let's roll 'em on

Hillbilly highway

Hillbilly highway