Hitchhiker
Tom T. Hall

I don't know why it is every time I take a trip
It's always raining somewhere down the line
This particular night it was in Prestonsburg Kentucky
I stopped to give a country boy a ride
I saw him running toward the car he carried an old suitcase
A cigarette was dangling from his lips
He threw the suitcase in the back and as he got inside
He said I'm sorry but I'm awful wet
I said where are you headed kid and he said to Louisville
Said he had an uncle there who ran the store
Said his daddy died three weeks ago and they didn't own the place
And they said he couldn't live there anymore
He said his education was that he could read and write
He quit school the time his dad got hurt
Ain't much goes on in Prestonsburg and he was seventeen
And he had to go some place to find some work
He talked about a girl whose father had a lotta money
He said he'd send and get her if he could
His daddy taught him all there was about tobacco farming
And he said he played the banjo pretty good
We stopped to get a sandwich and the waitress brought the menu
And I noticed that he read the prices first
He ordered him a hot dog with a lots of table ketchup
And water seemed to satisfy his thirst
Well it took awhile but I insisted that I'll pay the ticket
Excused myself and went out to the car
He came out got in the car and he handed me a quarter
And he said you left this layin' on the bar
I dropped him off in Lexington and drove down to Bowling Green
And I thought boy you'll never make without help
And then I got to thinking about the days when I was younger
And I started out the same darn way myself
[ dobro ]
Well I don't know why it is every time I take a trip
It's always raining somewhere down the line


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A. Blues   L.A. 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I Love You   Pamela Brown   Pay No Attention To Alice   Piece Of The Road   Pinto The Wonder Horse Is Dead   Pisty   Promise And The Dream   Put Another Log On The Fire   Raking Up Leaves   Ramona's Revenge   Ramona's Revenge   Rattle Mouse   Ravishing Ruby   Redneck Riviera   Rolling Mills Of Middletown   Royal Annie   Running Wild   Sad Song For My Friend   Salute To A Switchblade   Saturday Morning Song   Second Handed Flower   Second Handed Flowers   Senior Citizen Star   Shame On The Rain   She Gave Her Heart To Jethro   Ships Go Out   Shoes And Dress That Alice Wore   Shoeshine Man   Sing A Little Baby To Sleep   Singer's Song   Singer's Song   Six O'clock News   Six O'clock News   Sky Blue True   Sneaky Snake   Soldier Of Fortune   Son of Clayton Delaney   Song For Uncle Curt   Song Of The One Legged Chicken   Songwriter   Souvenirs   Spokane Motel Blues   St. George Isle   St. Louis Named A Shoe After Me   Story Of Your Life Is In Your Face   Strawberry Farms   Subdivision Blues   Texas Never Fell In Love With Me   Thank You Connersville Indiana   Thanksgiving Is   That Lucky Old Sun   That Song Is Driving Me Crazy   That Song Is Driving Me Crazy [CD Only]   That'll Be All Right With Me   That's How I Got To Memphis   That's Why You Have To Be You   That'll Be All Right With Me   That's How I Got To Memphis   That's Why You Have To Be You   The Ballad of Bill Crump   The Carter Boys   The Dancing Tree   The Hitch-hiker   The Little Lady Preacher   The Man Who Shot Himself   The Monkey That Became President   The Old Side of Town   The Son of Clayton Delaney   The World The Way I Want It   The Year That Clayton Delaney Died   There Is A Miracle In You   Time Takes Care Of A Few Things   Too Many Do-Goods   Trees In Philadelphia   Trip To Hyden   Tulsa Telephone Book   Turn It On Turn It On Turn It On   Turn It On, Turn It On, Turn It On   Waiting On The Other Shoe To Fall   Water Blue   Watertown Tennessee   Way I've Always Been   Way I've Always Been   Way We Were   We're All In This Thing Alone   We're All In This Thing Alone   Week In A Country Jail   What A Song   When Nobody Wants Your Body Anymore   Whiskey Castles   Who Needs A Baby   Who's Gonna Feed Them Hogs   Whole Lot Of Love   Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me   Windy City Anne   World According To Raymond   World The Way I Want It   Year That Clayton Delaney Died   You Are A Star   You Are My Hero   You Show Me Your Heart (and I'll Show You Mine)   Your Birthday Is   Your Man Loves You Honey

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