[00:00.00]Mechanised Swaggie - Slim Dusty
[00:18.48]I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950
[00:24.58]I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth
[00:28.20]Me an' my girl share the wheel and the berth
[00:30.96]We can make it in 48 hours from Sydney
[00:36.24]I used to like hearing my dad tell of the depression
[00:42.26]Looking for work and getting knocked back
[00:45.27]Shouldered his swag and took to the track
[00:48.16]Remembers each camp and every good cook on the stations
[00:53.56]The times have changed old timer
[00:56.52]The years have passed you by
[00:59.77]Some things never alter at all
[01:02.60]Let me tell you why
[01:07.26]The dusty roads you tramped are now all highways
[01:13.30]The road camp now a sleeper cab
[01:15.90]The billy of tea a quick coffee we grab
[01:18.93]I live on the road I'm the mechanised swaggie of this day
[01:23.49](let's go now)
[01:42.08]Yeah things have changed old timer
[01:45.02]And yet they're still the same
[01:47.78]The swaggies old tradition lives on
[01:50.85]In the trucking game
[01:55.06]Cause I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950
[02:01.45]Checking the gauges and the axel weights
[02:04.22]Listening to the sound of the Jacob's brake
[02:07.00]We live on the road we're the mechanised swaggies of this day
[02:11.62]Hey
[02:12.74]I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950
[02:18.65]I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth
[02:21.56]Me an' my girl share the wheel and the berth
[02:24.35]We live on the road
[02:25.73]We're the mechanised swaggies of this day
[02:29.23]Hey