Lyrics

[Verse 1] Time was when on them old freight trains Us people rode to town on a long steel rail In the tail-end guarde's van with the weekly mail [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 2] Ted broke horses with a bull-bronc spur He kept those bleeders buried deep in fur He never had a cent but he called no-one sir [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 3] When a person been thinkin' of the friends he's had Some bеin' good, others been bad Some will shake you out likе a dirty rag [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 4] Got me swag and a lift to the next new job Splittin' hard-wood sleepers from them iron bark logs Pays real good but you work like a drover's dog [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 5] Two months time goin' back to our block With the money I've earned build our family a hut Have our own place Get out of this rut [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 6] Raise chooks and pigs, calves and lambs Plant beans an' spuds and cure our own hams Brine our corned meat Least that's our plan [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 7] Well I've been up and I've been down Feel so much better when I leave the town Love those open spaces and the wooded ground [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by [Verse 8] Time was when like them pressed wool bales Us people rode to town on a long steel rail In the tail-end gaurds van with the weekly mail [Chorus] The country soul was in them back block shires Things didn't change much as time it rolls by