Give Me The Road (Remaster 1996) - Slim Dusty
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 the 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 bull dust flys
Give me country roads and give me country skies
I'll be better off by far
I'll be better off by far
