Hillbilly Highway

Ricky Skaggs Hillbilly Highway written by Steve Earle Jimbeaux Hinson Roy Huskey Jr slap bass David Hungate bass Gary Smith keyboards Sonny Garrish steel guitar Stuart Duncan fiddle Shannon Forrest drums Ricky Skaggs acoustic guitar Paul Brewster harmony 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 You never heard such a lonesome sound Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound Down that hillbilly highway On Ttat hillbilly highway That old Hillbilly 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 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 old hillbilly highway That old hillbilly highway That old Hillbilly highway Goes on and on SOLO Now 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 Down that old hillbilly highway That old hillbilly highway That old Hillbilly highway Goes on and on >From Ricky Skaggs "Life Is A Journey' Atlantic Records 1997 WB Music(ASCAP)