My granddaddy 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 Grandma cried when she waved goodbye I never heard such a lonesome sound Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop Detroit City bound Down that h-illbilly highway on that hillbilly highway That old h-illbilly highway goes on and on Now he worked and saved his money so that one day he might send My daddy off to college to use his brains and not his hands Grandma cried when he said goodbye I never heard such a lonesome sound But daddy had himself a good job in Houston one more rolling down Repeat #2 That old hillbilly... Now granddaddy's 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 goin' my way You know where I'm bound