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 back 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've seen"

Yes and I'm mighty glad you was pushing down my way

Your fancy clothes and this shiny Chevrolet

Yes I'm going down to Haskell

Got a woman back in Abilene

You know he was grinning like a possum and mighty happy rascal

He waved good-bye when I let him out in Haskell

And that's about the last of that

Road tramp that I've ever seen

But you know that I'm still wishing to this very day

That he had my clothes and this shiny Chevrolet

And it was me going to Haskell

With a woman back in Abilene

You know that I'm still wishing to this very day

That he had my clothes and this big Chevrolet

And it was me going to Haskell

With a woman back in Abilene