west texas highway — текст песни (lovett lyle)

WEST TEXAS HIGHWAY
By: Michael Martin Murphy and Boomer Castleman
Recorded by: Lyle Lovett Album: Step Inside this House

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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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His thumb was pointin my way
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He didn`t look suspicious
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He 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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He said I`m going down to Haskell
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Got a woman back in Abilene.
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He 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 Haskell
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Got a woman back in Abilene.

--- Dobro / Piano leads

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You know he was grinning like a possum

And a mighty happy rascal
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He waved good-bye
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When I let him out in Haskell
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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 Haskell
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With a woman down in Abilene.

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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 Haskell
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With a woman down in Abilene.