Steve Earle - Hillbilly Highway

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, never heard such a lonesome sound
Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound
Down that hillbilly highway
That hillbilly highway
Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on

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 she waved goodbye, never heard such a lonesome sound
But daddy had himself a good job in Houston, one more rollin' down

Down that hillbilly highway
That hillbilly highway
Hillbilly highway
Goes on and on

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

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[darkknife02]

@TracyW2265 another things about us rednecks is that we actually work for everything we have it isnt given to us.

[bensmith3200]

@nilradem That's fucking awesome. He certainly writes some class conscious songs.

If ol' Karl Marx were around today, I think he'd have a copy of "Guitar Town" along with Springsteen's "Darkness on the Edge of Town."

[eitoobmiz]

@prober45 oooooooooohhhhh hit nerve didn't I,you must me one of those lazy parasite bloodsuckers stealin for the workin people. you eatin dorito's and suckin down red bull you bought with fooD stamps as your ENJOYIN THE SONG...

[prober45]

@eitoobmiz how bout you shut the f**k up with your repuglickin political drivel and enjoy the song? Is that asking too much nutjob?

[eitoobmiz]

@pencert don't go spreadin your obama lies here..........EVERYBODY DOES NOT USE FOOD STAMPS WHEN THEIR BACKS ARE UP AGAINST THE WALL.....i'm 53 yr's old and i work a job and a half and i ain't never takin a dime from the scum gov't.if i was to take a dime from the gov't,i would be stealing from my brother tax payer's.i've seen it all, lazy human trash gettin a( NUT CHECK) FROM THE GOV'T COZ THEY DON'T WANT TO WORK etc.

[eroc1970]

first time i heard this song i was about 4 my dad told me this was his theme song

[pencert]

@eitoobmiz Everybody uses food stamps when their back is up against a wall. Maybe if the big companies would bring back manufacturing jobs there would be more to go around, but when there aren't enough jobs that means somebody somewhere is getting screwed.

[klockan23och09]

So very good, what a twanging...

Gomer, East Working Arabs

[geekintheperimeter]

@ZackAttack261

good one!

[ffairlane57]

And thus alt country was born...........Flying Burrito Bros. notwithstanding.

[ffairlane57]

How y'awl doin' there? 

[Captainredneckdiesel]

damn i love this song