Hall, Tom T. - The Hitch-Hiker Lyrics






I don't know why it is every time I take a trip
It's always raining somewhere down the line
This particular night 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 a 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 the girl whose father had a lot of money
He said he'd send and get her if he could
His daddy taught him all there was about tobacco-farmin'
And he said he played the banjer pretty good

We stopped to get a sandwich and the waitress brought a menu
And I noticed that he read the prices first
He ordered him a hot dog with a lot of table ketchup
And water seemed to satisfy his thirst

Well, it took awhile but I insisted that I pay the ticket
Excused myself and went out to the car
He came out, got in the car and 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 it without help
And then I got to thinkin' about the days when I was younger
And I started out the same darn way myself

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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  1. h.... ....

    Incredible wordsmith.

  2. N.... L....

    Pretty sad for seventeen years old and no home.

  3. R.... F....

    A genuine troubadour, just the real thing

  4. B.... 5....

    Before all the flash and glitter there were the genuine creative spirits. I guess this gentleman is just about my favorite of them all.

  5. T.... A....

    Tom T makes the new so called country music singers and writers sound so stupid

  6. S.... ....

    So young, innocent, honest, naive and uncorrupted by the world. Check back in ten years and we’ll see what’s changed. Life can be cruel and the world’s filled with wicked people ready to prey on his kind. Satan roams to and fro like a lion, seeking those whom he would devour.

  7. M.... E....

    Great song! I hitch hiked a lot in my days. Now a days it's not fun anymore....i remember the good old days, and with this song it is a lot nicer to do.

  8. L.... D....

    I wish Tom T would rite a song about the Unlikly hero Prez Trump vs. the DeepState crooks.

    L.... D....

    Tom wouldn't take kindly to that, he's a lifelong Democrat and unapologetic liberal. You can't tell that by listening to his songs? He wrote one of his hit songs while attending the 1972 Democratic National Convention.

    L.... D....

    "Unlikely" is absolutely correct. Cowards don't become heroes.

    L.... D....

    Wake up and smell the coffee, Trump is the biggest liar and con man ever hold office. Its a sad thing that instead of trying to unify this country all he does is turn American's against each other.

    L.... D....

    THAT WOULD BE THE PROPER THING TO DO AT A TIME LIKE THIS !....////

  9. I.... G....

    I graduated from high school in 1970. the place I worked went out of business in Aug 70 and I spent the next two year hitchhiking around this country. I can identify with this song.

    I.... G....

    Well, you were lucky because millions of boys were in Southeast Asia in 1970.

  10. R.... K....

    A great story song! I can visualize it all. I was just in that neck of the woods on tour a couple weeks back--Prestonsburg, Paintsville, Martin. Tom T. really does a great job of painting a picture in words.

    R.... K....

    Just got back home a week ago after a trip through Mason, Fleming, Rowan, Carter, Elliot, Johnson and Letcher counties.

  11. J.... d....

    Best storyteller in country music. His songs are so real.