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