Lovett Lyle - West Texas Highway

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Now I was a`driving down

A west Texas highway
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I seen a hitchhiker
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Bis thumb was pointin my way
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Be didn't look suspicious
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Be didn't look any too clean
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So I, I put on my brakes

And I opened up the door
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I could tell he was a bum
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By the boots he wore
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Be said I'm going down to Baskell
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Got a woman back in G#ilene.
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Be told me son East Texas

Is where I come from
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I been ridin' that Jacksonville Rodeo
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And I got humdrum
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I'm travelling around
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A whole lot of Texas I've seen

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Yes and I'm, I'm mighty glad

You was pushin' down my way
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In your fancy clothes
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And this shiny Chevrolet
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Said I'm going down to Baskell
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Got a woman back in G#ilene.

--- Dobro / Piano leads

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You know he was grinning like a possum

And a mighty happy rascal
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Be waved good-bye
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When I let him out in Baskell
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And that's about the last
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Of that road tramp
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That I've ever seen
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But you know that I'm still wishing

To this very day
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That he had my clothes
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And this shiny Chevrolet
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And it was me going to Baskell
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With a woman down in G#ilene.

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But you know that I'm still wishing

To this very day
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That he had my clothes
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And this shiny Chevrolet
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And it was me going to Baskell
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With a woman down in G#ilene.