Lights on the Hill / Indian Pacific Lyrics by Wickety Wak
Wak About Australia
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[Part I: Lights on the Hill] [Verse 1] It's a long straight road and the engine is deep I can't help thinkin' of a good night's sleep And the long, long roads of my life are a-callin' me These rough old hands are a-glued to the wheel My eyes full of sand from the way they feel And the lights comin' over the hill are a-blindin' me [Verse 2] It's a long tough haul from a-way down south A man's gotta find a little bread for his mouth And a home for a girl as sweet as my honey can be So it's down through the gears, she's a-startin' to pull The gauge on the tank is a-showin' near full And the lights comin' over the hill are a-blindin' me [Bridge] There's rain on the road, I can feel thе load start a-shiftin' In a dance Too late, I see the post and I havеn't got a ghost of a chance Ah-ho no [Verse 3] The windscreen wipers are a-beatin' in time The song they sing is a part of my mind And I can't believe it's really happenin' to me Oh, but I'm over the edge and down the mountainside I know they'll tell about the night I died In the rain when the lights on the hill were a-blindin' me [Part II: Indian Pacific] [Verse 4] From coast to coast, by night and day, hear the clickin' of the wheels The hummin' of the diesel on her ribbons of steel Carryin' the memories of a nation built by hand See the Indian Pacific span the land [Verse 5] She's the pride of all the railwaymen 'cross country where she flies From the blue Pacific waters to where the mountains rise By lakes and wide brown rivers, through desert country dry See the Indian Pacific passin' by [Bridge] Oh, the Indian Pacific, she goes rollin' down the track Five thousand miles to travel before she's there and back [Verse 6] Beside the line, a drover waves his battered old grey hat And kids are catchin' yabbies down by the river flat And a woman hangs her washing in a backyard near the line As the Indian Pacific's rollin' by [Instrumental] [Verse 7] Hear the whistle blowin' lonely 'neath the Nullabor starlight Salutin' those who walk across the track she rides tonight Callin' to the railway camp and fettlers on the line "I'm the Indian Pacific, right on time" [Verse 8] From the silver of the Broken Hill to old Kalgoorlie gold She mirrors all the colours of the land so hard and old And the western clouds are bloomin' and the air is just like wine And the Indian Pacific's makin' time [Bridge] Oh, the Indian Pacific, she goes rollin' down the track Five thousand miles to travel before she's there and back [Verse 9] From the waters of the western sea to the eastern ocean sand The Indian Pacific spans the land [Outro] Oh, the Indian Pacific spans the land
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