"Truckin's In My Blood" lyrics

Now, for years I've pushed the semis through the fire and dust and mud
Now, I've gotta keep 'em rollin', mate, for truckin's in my blood

Now, it fairly tears me wide apart to hear your fellas cry
When you have to leave the bitumen, or your petrol's runnin' dry
And maybe walk a mile or two to find a can of juice
Or your chrome-work's gettin' tarnished, or your hubcap's comin' loose

I had a motor clapped at Cowan, and then got trapped at Bowen
By the scalies at the roadside, with a ten-ton overload
I blew a tire at Scoresby, sank in the mire at Moresby
When the big wet came in early, and washed away the road

Then I rolled a Mack at Lara, then I got the sack at Tara
By tryin' to cross the Moonie, she was ten feet deep in flood
I did a diff at Rockdale, got frozen stiff at Stockdale
But I gotta keep 'em rollin', mate, for truckin's in my blood

Now for years I've pushed the semis through the fire and dust and mud
Now I've gotta keep 'em rollin', mate, for truckin's in my blood, yeah

Now, when your worries getcha down, and your petrol's goin' up
And your latest buggy makes you feel like that you've been sold a pup
Give a thought to the poor ol' truckie with horizons for a home
His pulse the throb of his motor's beat, his creed the call to roam

Now, I lost my load at Jundah, and I left the road at Nundah
When I swerved to miss a hippie who was tryin' to thumb a ride
I ran off the range a Nebo, was feelin' strange at Beebo
From taking yippee beans that kept my eyelids open wide

I had a brakeline bust at Coomera, nearly died of thirst at Woomera
Sittin' by the roadside with a busted axle stud
I had a windscreen smashed at Cowra, nearly rolled the truck at Nowra
But I gotta keep 'em rollin', mate, for truckin's in my blood

I've been hitched and ditched and tossed and lost
Flogged and bogged and thumped and bumped
Bitten, hitten, shorn, and worn
And stopped and copped, but as sure as you're born, mate-o
Truckin's in my blood, yeah
Truckin's in my blood
Truckin's in my blood
Truckin's in my blood
Oh, that's right, truckin's in my blood
Yes, truckin's in my blood...