Gumtrees By The Roadway (2004 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty

[ti:Gumtrees By The Roadway (2004 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Slim Dusty Sings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Gumtrees By The Roadway (2004 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:08.00]Tonight here by the roadside [00:10.91]After drivin' hard all day [00:14.62]Dreamin' of the old folks [00:17.44]And a homestead o'er the way [00:21.04]In dreams I see the old place [00:24.16]I'll be there within a week [00:26.74] [00:27.42]Where there's gum trees by the roadway [00:30.66]And the willows by the creek [00:33.69] [00:37.36]I see the homestead cattle [00:40.56]As around the place they roam [00:43.58] [00:44.14]The old man with the horses [00:47.07]On the fields of gold alone [00:50.65]And mother in the doorway [00:53.74]Just to make this scene complete [00:56.29] [00:56.97]With gum trees by the roadway [01:00.12]And the willows by the creek [01:03.80] [01:06.79]I'd like to tell my story [01:09.89]In a simple kind of way [01:13.39]It happened to many hundreds [01:16.36]In this war torn world today [01:19.95]I heard the call for duty [01:22.98]So I donned the khaki suit [01:25.58] [01:26.21]And I marched 'way from the gumtrees [01:29.52]And the willows by the creek [01:32.94] [01:36.15]Now when the war was over [01:39.29]And we much the victory mile [01:42.58]The tiles with home walk broken [01:45.74]And from there I stayed of while [01:49.20]I feld up with some fellows [01:52.18]Just to live on easy stricks [01:54.98] [01:55.50]At the God of bell the gumtrees [01:58.60]And the willows by the creek [02:02.23] [02:03.66]But when you land in trouble [02:06.89]And you're placed behind those bars [02:10.33]That's when you start dreaming [02:13.41]Of the country moon and stars [02:17.01]And when at last they free you [02:19.97]And you step out on the street [02:22.31] [02:23.48]Nothing then could hold you [02:26.45]From the homestead by the creek [02:29.93] [02:33.33]That's why tonight I'm standing [02:36.07]By this cheery roadside fire [02:39.20] [02:39.95]Takin' in the country [02:42.66]Underneath the summer stars [02:46.12]From now on you will find me [02:49.21]Where the air is fresh and sweet [02:51.56] [02:52.28]Where forever there'll be gum trees [02:55.52]And the willows by the creek