Slim Dusty – Billinudgel (Guitar)

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Well it must have been 'round 4.30 in the mornin'

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The first sight of dawn creepin' over the horizon

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Fifteen minutes from a Billinugel breakfast

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I was rolling down highway one.

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And ya know what it's like up around the Northern rivers

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Those windin' roads just give me the shivers

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And to top it all off there's been a few points of rain.

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Well I've been stuck in low gear for what seems like forever

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Climbin' up a steep hill with my diesel a-running

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But the big ol' white was a fuel delight

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And the best rig doin' the rounds

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But you know what it's like when you're tired and you're hungry

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Everything that you do, well you do it in a hurry

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Well, I got to the top an' I thought I'd just let her roll down.

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It was a good long stretch of downhill runnin',

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An' as far as I could see, there was nobody comin',

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So I let her have her head a little bit longer,

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An' she took off like a Mallee Bull.

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Then my mind on a meal an' my hands on the wheel,

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Then my eyes started seeing things that couldn't be real,

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And the roadside posts started turnin' into six-foot blondes,

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SPOKEN & KEY CHANGE: You know what time it is then mates. Time for a stop.

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Well, I went to the brake like a drunk to the bottle,

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But my foot missed the mark an' it landed on the throttle,

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And the diesel roared an' I prayed to the Lord

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To the Lord "Won't you gi' me a break."

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Oh, I guess he wasn't listenin' or he just didn't care,

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Or maybe he was takin' forty winks up there

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Cause soon I was riding a 22 wheel roller skate,

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Then the wheels left the road as far as I can remember,

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I was roaring thru the bush like a shearer on a bender,

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When the door opened up and who should get in?

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A big red kangaroo

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He said, "G'day mate, what the hell d'ya think you're doin'?

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Give us the wheel there, I'll get ya thru it."

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Then he crashed thru the gears an' we missed another big ole dump,

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Well, around-a-bout here it kinda gets in a muddle,

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Though I seem to recall giving a koala a cuddle

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an' a possum on my lap, An' a white cockatoo screamin',

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"Give her a go, ya mug."

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Then when I awoke it was no damn joke,

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I was alone in the cab except for blokes of Billinugel,

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I said, "Fellas give us a big mug of black coffee,

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A Billinugel special burger with the works,

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Because u know fellas, ya never gonna believe this."

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Well, it must-a been 'round 4.30 in the mornin',

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The first light of dawn creepin' over the horizon,

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Fifteen minutes from a Billinugel breakfast,

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I was rollin' down highway one.

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And ya know what it's like

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Those windin' roads just give me the shivers,

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And to top it all up there's been a few points of rain.