Give Me the Road

Lyrics

The lights of town I will leave behind with a tug on the klaxon chain Give me a Mack and a decent load And turn me loose on the Darwin road Let me roll those wheels again Just give me a long straight stretch of tar, and give me a load of freight With a manifest all sealed and stamped For some place south where I've often camped Then clear me through this gate Then clear me through this gate Give me a Mack and I'll cross that line where the Murray waters flow Give me two or three days and I'll be back To the heat and dust of the top-end track Way out where the road trains go This bulldog mascot beckons me and I can't ignore his call So give me a long straight stretch of tar Hey, watch out there, mate, in your shiny car For the fastest rig of them all For the fastest rig of them all Let me wind her up, let me hear that song that a high speed diesel makes Check that chain while I stow my gear And write my book while I toss some air To release those trailer brakes So open the gates of this line-haul yard when you hear those airbrakes sigh Guide me into that left-hand lane Tell that office girl I'll be gone again And Melbourne town, goodbye And Melbourne town, goodbye Watch me steer for the western sun and aim for the end of the tar Where the black soil starts and the bulldust flies Give me country roads and give me country skies I'll be better off by far I'll be better off by far