Amarillo Highway

Terry Allen

[Verse 1]
I'm a high straight in Plainview
A side bet in Idalou
And a fresh deck in New Deal
Yeah, some call me high hand
And some call me low hand
But I'm holding what I am, the wheel

[Chorus]
I'm panhandling, manhandling
Post-holing, high rolling
Dust-bowling daddy
I ain't got no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes
Of hard Amarillo highway

[Verse 2]
I don't wear no Stetson
But I'm willing to bet, son
That I'm as big a Texan as you are
There's a girl and her bare feet
Asleep on the back seat
And that trunk's full of Pearl Beer and Lone Star

[Chorus]
I'm panhandling, manhandling
Post-holing, high rolling
Dust-bowling daddy
I ain't got no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes
Of hard Amarillo highway

[Verse 3]
Gonna hop outta bed
Pop a pill in my head
Bust the hub for the Golden Spread under Blue Skies
Gonna stuff my hide
Behind some Power Glide
Get some southern-fried back in my hide

[Chorus]
I'm panhandling, manhandling
Post-holing, high rolling
Dust-bowling daddy
I ain't got no blood in my veins
I just got them four lanes
Of hard Amarillo highway

[Outro]
As close as I'll ever get to heaven
Is making speed up old 87
Of that hard Amarillo highway

Trivia about the song Amarillo Highway by Robert Earl Keen

When was the song “Amarillo Highway” released by Robert Earl Keen?
The song Amarillo Highway was released in 1993, on the album “A Bigger Piece of Sky”.
Who composed the song “Amarillo Highway” by Robert Earl Keen?
The song “Amarillo Highway” by Robert Earl Keen was composed by Terry Allen.

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