Down that hillbilly highway

My grandaddy was a miner
Till he finally saw the light
He didn't have much
Just a beat-up truck
And a dream about a better life
Grandmomma 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
Down that hillbilly highway
Down that hillbilly highway
Goes on and on

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
Grandmomma cried when she waved goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound
But daddy had himself a good job in Houston
One more rollin' down

Down that hillbilly highway
Down that hillbilly highway
Down that hillbilly highway
Goes on and on

Let me take you on a trip down the highway
See it's a hillbilly, real Billy, my way
The tire's spinnin', girls grinnin', gettin' sideways
I've got 'em screamin' from the south out to LA
Everybody wanna ride with a rockstar
In a truck, in a plane, hop a boxcar
Country girl wanna bare a little piece of your soul
It's a one way ticket to rock, so let's go

Down that hillbilly highway
Grandaddy rolled over in his grave
Ya know, the day that I quit school
I get to sit around the house playin' my guitar
Daddy said, I was a fool
My momma cried when I said goodbye
Never heard such a lonesome sound
Now I'm standin' on the highway
And if you're going my way
You know where I'm bound
I'm headin' down that

Hillbilly highway
Going to the hillbilly highway
On that hillbilly highway
Goes on and on
On and on and on and on and on
It goes on and on
(On and on and on and on and on)
(On and on and on)