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
Gran mamma cried when she waved goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound
Pretty soon the dirt road tuned to blacktop
Detroit city bound
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Down that Hill billy Highway
On that Hill billy Highway
That old Hill billy Highway, Goes on and on
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Now he worked and saved his money so that one day he might send
My old man off to college to use his brain and not his hands
Gran mama cried when she said goodbye
You never heard such a lonesome sound
But daddy had himself a good job in Houston
One more rolling down
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That old Hill billy Highway
That old Hill billy Highway
That old Hill billy Highway, rolls on and on
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Now granddaddy rolled over in hi grave the day that I quit school
I just sat around the house playing my guitar, my daddy said "I was a fool!"
My mama cried when I said goodbye
I never heard such a lonesome sound
Now I'm standing on the highway and if your going my way
You know we're I'm bound
Chorus
Down that Hill billy Highway
That old Hill billy Highway
That old Hill billy Highway rolls on and on