Dieseline Dreams-Slim Dusty

[ti:DRIBBLER BILL] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:TRUCKS ON THE TRACK] [00:00.00] [00:05.61]I see him still ole Dribbler Bill, his frame as hard as gidgee, [00:10.37]He drove the mail on Bridal Tracks in country soft & rigid, [00:14.78]Never had too much to say but when he did was just a drawl, [00:20.39]And ya’ kinda got the feelin', he'd be handy in a brawl. [00:25.21] [00:26.88]His Leyland truck was like ole Bill, gusty, rough and slow. [00:31.13]He took that truck through country where a dozer wouldn't go, [00:35.59]Yeah, but he's been bogged down tyre deep, back in Coober Hole, [00:41.34]When others turned their trucks around and headed back for home. [00:45.90] [00:47.25]Now old Bill would do those little things for bush folk far from town, [00:51.99]Had a memory like Sir Sydney, never wrote the items down, [00:56.77]Newspapers he would put inside, mailbox on the ridge, [01:02.69]And every stop along the way, had somethin' for the kids. [01:07.05] [01:08.10]He was seen to be a lonely man like one deprived of luck, [01:13.03]An outward sign did only make was that old Leyland truck, [01:17.76]He'd caress that smooth ole steerin' wheel, ease along the track, [01:24.01]The last words that I heard him say was, "See ya later Jack." [01:40.31]Now the mail still serves the far outback, the jobs they handle fine, [01:44.57]But mem'ries dwell on Dribbler Bill way back in '39, [01:49.34]I remember every mail night, the excitement and the thrill, [01:55.17]As we sat outside and waited for the likes of Dribbler Bill. [01:59.61] [02:00.84]Oh, there's many times he helped us out when tucker got real slack. [02:05.40]Like fresh meat from the bullocks secured from somewhere up the track, [02:09.80]Yeah, great old man was Dribbler Bill the kind who’d always stick, [02:15.73]And he'd risk his life without a thought for the needy and the sick. Hey! [02:20.94] [02:27.98]Now I'd like to think that Dribbler Bill still has the wheel in hand, [02:32.14]Pushin' that old Leyland truck throughout that channel land, [02:36.80]Should there be no trucks in heaven, it’s a halo to a pup, [02:42.75]Just give old Bill a day or two and he'll start a mail run up. [02:54.64]