Slim Dusty - Trucks On The Track Lyrics






Said the old working bullock to the draught horses mate
The yokes, chains and swingbars have gone out of date.
Just look at the dust clouds and smoke trailing back
Where once we pulled wagons, there's trucks on the track.
Trucks on the track.

There's seldom a bush road that's not felt the trail,
Of some big prime mover that leave us for dead.
Stiff shouldered and foot-sore our chains never slack
And our ticket for freedom, those trucks on the track.

Those broad smiling faces of the gear pushing men,
Is the trade mark of truckies that I recall when.
The face of the teamster turned purple and black.
With rage but he'd welcome these trucks on the track.

The draught horse replied as he shook his old mane,
Those days I've no yearning to see them again.
Old whips made of green hide that stung ribs and back,
Hang idle because of those trucks on the track.
Trucks on the track.

So just let us nibble this young tender grass.
We're both pensioned off and are silver and brass.
Way back though the ages a man hunt his pack,
Now they haul half the World those trucks on the track.

So spray out the bull dust the trucks must get through.
There's someone out back mate 'pending on you.
A yard of prime cattle, or a wool clip to stack.
The kings of the road, those trucks on the track.
Trucks on the track.

So just let us nibble this young tender grass.
We're both pensioned off and are silver and brass.
Way back though the ages a man hunt his pack,
Now they haul half the World those trucks on the track.

So spray out the bull dust the trucks must get through.
There's someone out back mate 'pending on you.
A yard of prime cattle, or a wool clip to stack.
The kings of the road, those trucks on the track.





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  1. C.... B....

    Glad I don't have to turn those things around. Reminds me of the old song Give me 40 acres and I'll turn this rig around.

  2. K.... S....

    :3 my hero!

  3. d.... ....

    imagine if slim was yank.

    d.... ....

    Imagine if Americans were like Slim.

    d.... ....

    Now that would something!

    d.... ....

    I wouldnt like his music

  4. N.... B....

    Onya Slim!

  5. N.... D....

    A Joe Daley Song.

  6. J.... R....

    Fantastic picture collection also.  On my bucket list.. travel across the outback in a roadtrain..

  7. J.... R....

    Great song.

  8. M.... K....

    Coole song like this song good

  9. M.... K....

    Cool i like this song

  10. J.... C....

    Still listening to this song in 2013.

  11. s.... ....

    driving trucks on the interstate is the closest thing to freedom a man can experience.............no wonder women hate it!

    s.... ....

    stephenabrahams no way the outback in a triple is more free

    s.... ....

    stephenabrahams no worries mate I’m hear’n ya the old KW’s tough as nails but the miss is tougher still I busted my knuckles on trucks just like my good old late father

  12. x.... ....

    good song

  13. W.... ....

    this is my grandads song R.I.P grandad<3 i love you so much and R.I.P Slim Dusty <3

  14. A.... ....

    Slim's Truck Tune= Terrific.

  15. m.... ....

    @ 1;11 absoultly brill shot !

  16. c.... ....

    when i go bk at aus i must see a machiene lik this for myself

  17. j.... r....

    I meet this old fella oh he must be 80 yeras old . mack flew him and his wife to the states ,and showed him around the mack truck factory flew him around in a black mack chopper , and gave him a golden bull dog mack and lots of others suff ..he had never owned a mack tuck in his life time of diving trucks. but he had clocked up the most amount of miles driving mack tucks down under. so they gave him a free trip tour of the factory. he is in the truckers hall of fame at alice as well

    j.... r....

    Know his name?

  18. g.... ....

    Well mate a truck with one trailer can go anywhere, no restrictions. Then they have b-doubles so just two trailers which are only allowed on roads specified but now a days they can go anywhere except city centres. The most trailers I've ever heard of is 5. theyre only allowed in remote parts and its three normal trailers linked with dollies and then a b-double. everything is tri-axle
    . you dont see em much and theyre permit only but three 45 foot tri axle trailers is allowed

  19. s.... ....

    Great song....Slim Dusty does it up right...

  20. a.... ....

    so do i, my dad's a truck driver atm and im always hope the best for him.

  21. j.... S....

    thank you so mutch mate. I have a saying that my father also had. don´t drive faster than you´re guardian angel can fly.

  22. M.... ....

    oh becky, im so sorry to hear about your father, when you start driving trucks he will be up there looking down at you smiling proudly that you followed his footsteps in driving trucks, i hope all goes well.

  23. j.... S....

    no unfortunaly no i don´t. my dear father did drive a scania 620 v8 on the uk for many years. He died in a fatal crash six and a half year ago.
    But that thought has crossed my mind many times.
    Sometime soon i will.

  24. M.... ....

    oh 1 b double? is that all thats in sweden? hehe australia lives on b doubles and rad trains , there are hundreds of thousands of b doubles and roadtrains in australia, lots of semi's too, you should come and check out australia for a holiday one day. i think you will enjoy it.

  25. j.... S....

    Yeah you´re welcome mate. Now when i think about it we have a b double in sweden only one so far my concern goes.

  26. M.... ....

    thanks becky, hope u come to australia one day to see what even more trucks are like ! thanks for the comment too.

  27. j.... S....

    nice semis you got there mate. we don´t have those semis in sweden. i´we always wanted to go to down under. looks like a nice country. 5/5 stars

  28. M.... ....

    Yea, the toughest,strongest macks of all times, R model, value liner, superliner between 1972 - 1992. Now all these days macks are for highway driving, i used to pull logs with r models, value liners , i really wouldnt like to try it with these new trucks ^^

  29. f.... ....

    Nice Mack at 1, 24 . Great song .

  30. M.... ....

    yea, huppy , best song aye mate!

  31. J.... H....

    Trucks On The Track! Best song for this video!

    Joe

  32. M.... ....

    ill get the song on ere, hehe

  33. R.... ....

    what about one with 'Dieseline dreams'?