Bent-Axle Bob (1992 Digital Remaster)-Slim Dusty And The Travelling Country Band

[ti:Bent-Axle Bob (1992 Digital Remaster)] [ar:Slim Dusty And The Travelling Country Band] [al:Truck Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bent-Axle Bob (1992 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty And The Travelling Country Band [00:04.48]I was short of a dollar so I called on a bloke [00:07.88] [00:08.52]Who's pay wasn't good his gear was a joke [00:11.67] [00:12.21]You can't pick and choose when you're down on your luck [00:16.00]And your only profession is ah driving a truck [00:19.18] [00:20.47]So we talked for a spell and he gave me a job [00:24.17]This cunning ole guy known as Bent Axle Bob [00:27.88] [00:29.02]The rig which he owned was an F model Mack [00:32.25] [00:32.80]And the run that I drew was the territory track [00:35.96] [00:39.32]Bob's freight was the kind which no other would cart [00:42.84]The places he sent me would just break your heart [00:46.59]From dead ends in Balmain to drill rigs out west [00:50.34]Where the sands of a desert put your gears to the test [00:53.61] [00:54.90]But I battled along and I shifted some weight [00:58.69]Old Bent Axle whinged every time I ran late [01:01.99] [01:03.31]Small wonder if you saw the smoke from the pump [01:06.89]And saw half the metal that I found in the sump [01:10.41]Oh that's right yeah [01:11.33] [01:15.35]The trailers were buckled the tyres were worn [01:18.93]The tarps which he owned were tattered and torn [01:22.10] [01:22.67]The dogs and the chains were all rusty and joined [01:26.36]Oh was easy to see how his nickname was coined [01:29.71] [01:30.81]Every axle was bent and the dolly was cracked [01:34.53]The kingpins was strained from the loads they had hacked [01:38.27] [01:39.50]I did what I could mate yes I really tried [01:42.53] [01:43.22]Old Bent Axle whinged till the day that he died [01:46.28]He did yeah [01:46.96] [01:51.60]I'm sitting here at home an I'm out of a job [01:54.56] [01:55.14]No longer employed by old Bent Axle Bob [01:58.86]A note from the lawyer I read what's inside [02:02.09] [02:02.75]Seems I have a road train now that old Bent Axle died [02:05.76] [02:07.03]Yes I'm heir to the fortune of Bent Axle Bob [02:11.01]I need a good driver if you need a job [02:14.29] [02:15.39]You can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers dump [02:19.37]Complete with Bent Axles and that smokey fuel pump [02:22.97] [02:24.11]Complete with Bent Axles and smokey fuel pump [02:27.62]You can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers dump [02:30.75]And leave it there