Long Black Road - Slim Dusty

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