Well he was driving home
Coming down the hill
On the Highway 51
He'd been a whoring, drinking,
Gambler and having fun
A man's a man he has a choice
To guide him all his days
Before a man decides
He better look both ways
When your truckin through life intersection
Don't forget to pause
Cos' the devil may be comin' through
In a bigger rig than yours
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
He had a wife Charlene's her name
She was his pride and joy
And she looked after Jimmy
That was his crippled boy
And in his house living his blind child
They had nammed her Peg
And he even had cat
It was in an iron lung
And as he left them all at home that fateful day
His wife cried out the door to him "Baby, Look Both Ways"
When your truckin through life intersection
Don't forget to pause
Cos' the devil may be comin' through
In a bigger rig than yours
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
It wasn't hard to see the house
At the bottom of the hill
And as he got down closer
He could see it better still
His wife and Jimmy and blind girl Peg
And little Jake the cat
Were sitting in the lounge room
He remembers seeing that
Til his eyes were clouded over with the sweat
The tension makes when your stepping on the pedal
But havn't got no brakes
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways
Well the truck came through the front door
And knocked Wayne's wheelchair flat
It crushed the kitten and blind Peg
He loved that goddam cat
But as he hit the children's beds
He heard them in a daze cry out:
"Mommy, Look it's daddy he forgot to look both ways"
When your truckin through life intersection
Don't forget to pause
Cos' the devil may be comin' through
In a bigger rig than yours
Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways