Slim Dusty - Dogs, Dust And Diesel lyrics

Dogs and dust and diesel have been my mates for years We've thumped the corrugations and moved a million gears Seen a heap of country and met some decent folk Departed and farewelled them with a wave of diesel smoke We've lumbered heavy haulage and run some lively loads Through spinifex and sandhills where the bends are pigeon toed Hey, been pulled up by the coppers, with me that's common mate Always breakin' some infringement now they call me overweight Hey, dogs and dust and diesel coupled up with oil and grease Have bound me to the cabin with a lifetime verbal lease The song of this old diesel ridin' home without a stop Rides easy like the dog and gates all piggy backed on top I've been bogged out in the donger, pulled down by suction mud Where swampland bred mosquitoes drained a billy can of blood Worn out a post hole shovel then put my mouth in gear Pulled it back to neutral just in case the Lord should hear Guitar Solo I boil up by the roadway, as daylight slowly dims And watch the bulldust pyramids tricklin' from the rims Check the dog and diesel, Air hose and coupling rings There's a blowout on the bogey and the dog has broken springs All through the outback country we find his rendezvous A diesel patch a ring of oil and a sardine tin or two Pull tops from the stubbies and a few more tell tale clues Where loads and rolls of topics and general daily news Guitar Solo Yeah a truckies compensation is a freeway wide and black The milepegs fly much faster than those a way outback I'll get dry cleaned and polished have a major service done Throughout the truck returnin' to the dog and diesel run Hey dogs and dust and diesel have been my mates for years We've thumped the corrugations and moved a million gears Seen a heap of country and met some decent folk Departed and farewelled them with a wave of diesel smoke