"Give Me The Road" lyrics

The lights of town I will leave behind with a tug on the klaxon chain
Give me a Mack and a decent load
And turn me loose on the Darwin road
Let me roll those wheels again
Just give me a long straight stretch of tar, and give me a load of freight
With a manifest all sealed and stamped
For some place south where I've often camped
Then clear me through this gate
Then clear me through this gate

Give me a Mack and I'll cross that line where the Murray waters flow
Give me two or three days and I'll be back
To the heat and dust of the top-end track
Way out where the road trains go
This bulldog mascot beckons me and I can't ignore his call
So give me a long straight stretch of tar
Hey, watch out there, mate, in your shiny car
For the fastest rig of them all
For the fastest rig of them all

Let me wind her up, let me hear that song that a high speed diesel makes
Check that chain while I stow my gear
And write my book while I toss some air
To release those trailer brakes
So open the gates of this line-haul yard when you hear those airbrakes sigh
Guide me into that left-hand lane
Tell that office girl I'll be gone again
And Melbourne town, goodbye
And Melbourne town, goodbye

Watch me steer for the western sun and aim for the end of the tar
Where the black soil starts and the bulldust flies
Give me country roads and give me country skies
I'll be better off by far
I'll be better off by far