The Hitch-Hiker
(专辑: 100 Children - 1970)
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-farming 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 laying 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 thinking 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...