We’ve Been Trucking Too

Lyrics

See the spray fly from the bogies, and the tarp ropes wet and tight See the loads of wool from Longreach rollin' through the rain tonight Hey, dim those lights and move aside, and let 'em have the road Don't make 'em hit those edges with their high and heavy load Pull over there just through the grid, and give those men a go Look––Caringbah and Reilly's rig, and there's one from Bendigo And let's roll a smoke and rest awhile, and wave those trailers through Don't make 'em leave the bitumen, for we've been truckin' too We've had step-tanks in the buckbush, and our sidelamps in the mud When the Dogwood Creek's a banker, and the Condamine's in flood We've been caught in snow at Guyra, with our fuel-oil chilled to glue And we've sweated on the Darwin run––yeah, we've been truckin' too We've been blinded by mug drivers with their out-of-focus lights We've been in the water-tables when we've dozed on rainy nights Oh, we know what slippery shoulders on the Tomo stretch can do When you're loaded high with wool, 'cause we've been truckin' too We've had breakdowns in the outback, with those bushfires everywhere And those big scotch grey mosquitoes that would cause a saint to swear We've had to dodge those scalies, we've used some lonely roads To avoid those men in dustcoats who watch out for overloads We've hauled loads for southern smarties, and we've waited "ninety days" While they've sobbed out their excuses in a hundred different ways Yeah, we know what truckin's all about, so wave those fellas through And wish good luck on every truck, 'cause we've been truckin' too