I don't know why it is time I take a trip It's always raining down the line This particular night was in Prestonsburg, I stopped to give a country boy a
I saw him running toward the car, he an old suitcase A cigarette was from his lips He threw the in the back and as he got inside He said, "I'm sorry, but I'm wet"
I said, "Where are you headed, kid?" And he said, "To Louisville" Said he had an uncle who ran a store his daddy died three weeks ago and they didn't own the place And they said he couldn't live there
He said his education was that he could and write He quit school the his dad got hurt Ain't goes on in Prestonsburg, and he was seventeen And he had to go some to find some work
He talked about the whose father had a lot of money He said send and get her if he could His daddy taught him all was about tobacco-farmin' And he said he played the pretty good
We stopped to get a and the waitress brought a menu And I noticed that he the prices first He ordered him a hot dog with a lot of table And seemed to satisfy his thirst
Well, it took awhile but I that I pay the ticket Excused myself and out to the car He out, got in the car and handed me a quarter And he said, you left layin' on the bar
I dropped him off in Lexington and drove down to green And I thought, boy you'll never it without help And then I got to about the days when I was younger And I out the same darn way myself
Well, I don't why it is every time I take a trip It's always somewhere down the line