Slim Dusty - Long Black Road lyrics

When I spend a week at home I just sit around and moan It's a cobweb that we call suburban load Then I know it's time to leave, I got freedom up my sleeve And my mates are out there on the long black road When the pressures of the town start to grind you down And you feel your very soul set to explode And the troubles and the strife that surrounds you in this life You leave behind out on the long black road You can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig It's the kind of life we choose and become addicted to Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig Fiddle/ Pedal Steel Solo One week we're in the north, and another way down south From east to west they need an urgent load Then you're rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain It's a lifetime rollin' down the long black road When the dust is flyin' high out beneath the southern sky It's the best darn way of life you come across And your home from home's just fine this old black rig of mine The rig they call the flyin' southern cross Yeah you can have your city mansions swimming pools and gardens big Australia is my playground and my mansion this old rig It's the kind of life we choose and become addicted to, hey Yeah lovin' livin' drivin' this old rig One week we're in the north, and another way down south From east to west they need an urgent load Then you're rollin' once again cross the big old Nullarbor plain It's a lifetime rollin' down the long black road It's a lifetime rollin' down the long black road Hey a lifetime rollin' down the long black road