Snowflakes through the headlights fallin'
Tires beneath him hummin' on the road
Lyin' in the back seat's got his coat on
'Cause it's cold
Pockets filled with poetry and scraps of notions
For songs he might have played someday
What was Hank Williams dreamin'
The night he slipped away?

Flyin' outa Knoxville
Tryin' to get from West Virginia to Ohio
Winter weather turned them back
The skies ahead were filled with ice and snow
Drivin' on some lonesome mountain highway
Where those Blue Ridge winters blow
What was Hank Williams dreamin'
The night that he let go?

Grief like so much rain inside him
Loneliness and pain that would not mend
All alone and lost, whatever
Took away that feel, his truest friend
Livin' life so busy, dyin' in the end
But what I'd like to know
What was Hank Williams dreamin'
The night that he let go?

December 31, 1952
Or was it New Year's Day?
What was Hank Williams dreamin'
The night he slipped away?
What was Hank Williams dreamin' of
That night he slipped away?

From the CD titled Long Gone Thrill on Cool Groove Records CD 105

Original recording from the CD titled Crow by Will Gillham