Road Train Blues

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Another day is dawning out on the lonely plains,
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Here am I a'drovin' on the big beef train.
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Drivers there before me, some behind me, too,
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Just like me I know they've got the road train blues.

[Chorus]
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You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
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With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
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I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
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Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.

[Verse 2]
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I’d better stop and get out, a careful check to make,
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I hope there's nothing going or about to break.
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No time to boil a billie, got no time to lose,
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Gotta keep a rollin' with my road train blues.

[Chorus]
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You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
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With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
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I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
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Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.

[Verse 3]
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I'll bet in every wagon, there's a beast that's down,
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You've got to get him on his feet and turned around.
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You sweat and curse and struggle, get knocked about and bruised,
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Your temper's getting shorter with the road train blues.

[Chorus]
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You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
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With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
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I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
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Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.

[Verse 4]
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Your eyes are nearly blinded by the red bulldust,
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I hope there's nothing going or about to bust.
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Tourist buses passing, on a pleasure cruise,
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They wave and seem to mock your rollin' road train blues.

[Chorus]
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You drive all night and listen to the engine groan,
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With lots of time to think about the folks back home,
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I've always been a wanderer, had these ramblin' shoes,
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Guess that I was born to know the road train blues.
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I guess that I was born to know the road....... train.....