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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Earle
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Earle
Songwriter
Jimbeau Hinson
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Tony Brown
Producer
Emory Gordy Jr.
Producer
Richard Bennett
Associate Producer
Chuck Ainlay
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
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
Grand mama cried when she waved goodbye, never heard such a lonesome sound
Pretty soon the dirt road turned into blacktop, Detroit City bound
Down that hillbilly highway
On that 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 old man off to college, to use his brains and not his hands
Grand mama cried when he said goodbye, never heard such a lonesome sound
Daddy had himself a good job in Houston, one more rollin' down
That old hillbilly highway
That old hillbilly highway
That old hillbilly highway
Goes on and on
On and on, on and on, here it goes
Granddaddy rolled over in his grave the day that I quit school
I just sat around the house playin' my guitar, and 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 hillbilly highway
On that hillbilly highway
That old hillbilly highway
Goes on and on
Hmm, yeah, that's the road I'm on
Hillbilly highway
Hillbilly highway
Writer(s): Steve Earle, Jimbeau Hinson
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