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