I just sat around the house playin' my guitar
My old man off to college
That old Hillbilly Highway
On and on and on, here it goes
Daddy had himself a good job in Houston
Blacktop Detroit City bound
Now he worked and saved his money
To use his brains and not his hands
On that Hillbilly Highway
He didn't have much, just a beat-up truck
One more rollin' down
And a dream about a better life
You never heard such a lonesome sound
My mama cried when I said goodbye
You know where I'm bound
Well that old Hillbilly Highway
Never heard such a lonesome sound
On that Hillbilly Highway
Now I'm standin' on this highway
Never heard such a lonesome sound
Pretty soon the dirt road turned into
And daddy said I was a fool
That old Hillbilly Highway
Granddaddy rolled over in his grave
Goes on and on
So that one day he might send
Down that Hillbilly Highway
That old Hillbilly Highway
The day that I quit school
Grandmama cried when he waved goodbye
That old Hillbilly Highway
Down that Hillbilly Highway
Grandmama cried when she waved goodbye
Goes on and on
And if you're going my way
Goes on and on
Yeah and that's goin' on
