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 up the door
I could tell he was a bum by the boots that 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 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 out my way
Your fancy clothes and this shiny Chevrolet
I'm going down to Haskell, got a woman back in Abilene"

He was grinning like a possum, a 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

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