Slim Dusty - Dieseline Dreams lyrics

He leans out the window and waves to his Mum You'd swear all his birthdays had rolled into one ‘Cause he's headin' out on his maiden run Up to the far north of Queensland I tell him the names of the truck stops and towns The stretches and corners and where they'll be found The stories and yarns I've picked up on my rounds And he listens with wide-open eyes ‘Cause he's riding on dieseline dreams Down a highway that runs through his mind Behind the wheel of the biggest rig he's ever seen Riding on dieseline dreams His ears are glued to that cracklin' C.B But he's got that lingo down to a tee And there's pride in his eyes when he looks up at me Oh yeah he's a truck drivers' son And given the chance he'd be in my shoes But right now he's primed for an afternoon snooze Though he's determined to look out for ‘roos The road finally lulls him away And he's riding on dieseline dreams Down a highway that runs through his mind Behind the wheel of the biggest rig he's ever seen Riding on dieseline dreams Instrumental While my boy's dozin' the memories flood in And I'm back in the cabin with my Dad again Tellin' myself how I'll be just like him It don't seem all that long ago Yet here's my own son thinkin' the same Itchin' to get himself into the game He won't understand when I try to explain Son it's not what it used to be ‘Cause he's riding on dieseline dreams Down a highway that runs through his mind Behind the wheel of the biggest rig he's ever seen Riding on dieseline dreams Behind the wheel of the biggest rig he's ever seen Riding on dieseline dreams