Song | Long Black Road |
Artist | Slim Dusty |
Album | Pubs, Trucks & Plains |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
When I spend a week at home I just sit around and moan | |
It’s a cobweb that we call suburban load | |
Then I know it’s time to leave, I got freedom up my sleeve | |
And my mates are out there on the long black road | |
When the pressures of the town start to grind you down | |
And you feel your very soul set to explode | |
And the troubles and the strife that surrounds you in this life | |
You leave behind out on the long black road | |
You can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It’s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to | |
Yeah lovin’ livin’ drivin’ this old rig | |
Fiddle/ Pedal Steel Solo | |
One week we’re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you’re rollin’ once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It’s a lifetime rollin’ down the long black road | |
When the dust is flyin’ high out beneath the southern sky | |
It’s the best darn way of life you come across | |
And your home from home’s just fine this old black rig of mine | |
The rig they call the flyin’ southern cross | |
Yeah you can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It’s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to, hey | |
Yeah lovin’ livin’ drivin’ this old rig | |
One week we’re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you’re rollin’ once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It’s a lifetime rollin’ down the long black road | |
It’s a lifetime rollin’ down the long black road | |
Hey a lifetime rollin’ down the long black road |
When I spend a week at home I just sit around and moan | |
It' s a cobweb that we call suburban load | |
Then I know it' s time to leave, I got freedom up my sleeve | |
And my mates are out there on the long black road | |
When the pressures of the town start to grind you down | |
And you feel your very soul set to explode | |
And the troubles and the strife that surrounds you in this life | |
You leave behind out on the long black road | |
You can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It' s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to | |
Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig | |
Fiddle Pedal Steel Solo | |
One week we' re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you' re rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
When the dust is flyin' high out beneath the southern sky | |
It' s the best darn way of life you come across | |
And your home from home' s just fine this old black rig of mine | |
The rig they call the flyin' southern cross | |
Yeah you can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It' s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to, hey | |
Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig | |
One week we' re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you' re rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
Hey a lifetime rollin' down the long black road |
When I spend a week at home I just sit around and moan | |
It' s a cobweb that we call suburban load | |
Then I know it' s time to leave, I got freedom up my sleeve | |
And my mates are out there on the long black road | |
When the pressures of the town start to grind you down | |
And you feel your very soul set to explode | |
And the troubles and the strife that surrounds you in this life | |
You leave behind out on the long black road | |
You can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It' s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to | |
Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig | |
Fiddle Pedal Steel Solo | |
One week we' re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you' re rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
When the dust is flyin' high out beneath the southern sky | |
It' s the best darn way of life you come across | |
And your home from home' s just fine this old black rig of mine | |
The rig they call the flyin' southern cross | |
Yeah you can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big | |
Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig | |
It' s the kind of life we choose and become addicted to, hey | |
Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig | |
One week we' re in the north, and another way down south | |
From east to west they need an urgent load | |
Then you' re rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
It' s a lifetime rollin' down the long black road | |
Hey a lifetime rollin' down the long black road |