road train blues

another day is dawning

out on the lonely plain

here am i a'drovin' on the big beef train

there's drivers there before me

some behind me too

just like me i know they've got the road train blues. you drive all night and listen to the engine groan

with lots of time to think about the folks back home

i've always been a wanderer

got these ramblin' shoes

guess that i was born to know the road train blues. i better stop and get out

careful check to make

i hope there's nothing going or about to break

no time to boil a billie

got no time to lose

gotta keep a rollin' with my road train blues. you drive all night and listen to the engine groan

with lots of time to think about the folks back home

i've always been a wanderer

got these ramblin' shoes

guess that i was born to know the road train blues. i'll bet in every wagon

there's a beast that's down

you've got to get him on his feet and turned around

you sweat and curse and struggle

get knocked about and bruised

your temper's getting shorter with the road train blues

you drive all night and listen to the engine groan

with lots of time to think about the folks back home

i've always been a wanderer

got these ramblin' shoes

guess that i was born to know the road train blues. your eyes are nearly blinded by the red bulldust

i hope there's nothing going or about to bust

tourist buses passing

on a pleasure cruise

they wave and seem to mock your rollin' road train blues. you drive all night and listen to the engine groan

with lots of time to think about the folks back home

i've always been a wanderer

got these ramblin' shoes

guess that i was born to know the road train blues. i guess that i was born to know the road. train. blues.