"Foggy Mirrors" lyrics

Daylight breaks, I check both mirrors, rub my eyes, and light a smoke
Then a few miles further on, I find a place
Where the blokes all take on breakfast, tighten wheels, and check their loads
Before we start the last leg of this race

Yes, this race to beat the traffic, and this race to beat the scales
And this race to get unloaded early too
Seems our industry's gone crazy, time is all some care about
What I'd give for those ol' truckin' days we knew

And as my bogies hug the white lines while the miles are flyin' by
Both my mirrors show me pictures of the past
And in-between the split-shift changes, to myself I swear a vow
That this trip with wool from Winton is my last
Goin' home, headin' home

In both mirrors clearly, dear one, I can see your honest face
And our children, cheery-eyed, are at your side
Through the fog-streaked mirrors clearly, too, I see your sunny smile
That's my love, known since you were first my bride

Though my eyes are laced with roadmaps and so many years have gone
Every detail of your features I can see
And these mirrors bring me memories of the laughter of our kids
As you drove them to some depot to meet me

As my bogies hug the white lines while the miles are flyin' by
Both my mirrors show me pictures of the past
And in-between the split-shift changes, to myself I swear a vow
That this trip with wool from Winton is my last
Goin' home, headin' home

And I've asked myself a thousand times when I've been on the track
Just why you've stuck to me through all these years
As I watch my mirrors blurred by fog, I cannot clearly see
My tires; is it fog, or is it tears?

And as my bogies hug the white line while the miles are flyin' by
These old mirrors told the story of the past
And in-between the split-shift changes, to myself I've made this vow
That this trip with wool from Winton is my last
Goin' home, headin' home, at last