The man jokes ironically that the hitcher said he 'liked the breeze' in his hair - and of course this is what he gets from the driver. The driver also mocks the hitcher's hippy lifestyle ('the good earth for a bed') and beliefs : 'the truth/ he said was blowin' in the wind'. This line mimics the 1960's Bob Dylan song, 'Blowin in The Wind'.
It is as if the driver, trapped as an office worker, is jealous of the freedom of the hitcher. So, the driver adds, ironically, that the 'truth' will be 'round the next bend' - where he kills the man.
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