Hello all, and welcome back to Tuning Thursdays, where you can kick back, imbibe your preferred libations, and plan to plan what you’ll do for the rest of the day. Last week, the rollicking pace of Joni Mitchell’s “Raised on Robbery” had us kicking off our shoes and dancing the blues away.

Listening a little more closely to the lyrics, however, proved more sobering than we cared to tolerate. So this week, we’ll try something a bit more easygoing.

This week’s song is “West Texas Highway,” performed by George Hamilton IV. It comes from the 1971 album of the same name, and topped out at 23 on the U.S. Country chart.

It’s got just the right amount of blues and country, with George’s gentle strumming and cooing ladies in the background. The story suits the mood fine as well: a hitchhiker, a driver, and a woman down in Abilene.

The driver’s quiet musings about his situation have him wishing the roles were reversed, where he could be the one heading home to a woman and the hitchhiker getting stuck with all the trappings of a comfortable life–the Chevrolet, the clothes, the money, et cetera. Tale as old as time right there, folks.

From top left: Projects SSleeper, Blank Slate, and Y2K.

Here at Chevy Hardcore, we have a plethora of Chevys to choose from on a daily basis: a late-gen Camaro SS, a slew of project cars, and a project C5, just to name a few.

I don’t think we’d trade any of them for a woman in Abilene, unless she happened to be Jennifer Garner or Summer Glau, two of Texas’ finest natives. Even then, though, perhaps a car-woman analogy can serve to remind us of the pros and cons (don’t let your lady friend see this on your internet history, okay?).

Thanks for tuning in, and we’ll see you next time. Now then, where did I put the damn bolt for the water pump…