Mechanised Swaggie-Slim Dusty

[ti:Mechanised Swaggie] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:Makin' A Mile] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mechanised Swaggie - Slim Dusty (西林·得斯提) [00:18.33]I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 [00:22.44] [00:24.55]I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth [00:27.58]Me an' my girl share the wheel and the berth [00:30.23]We can make it in 48 hours from Sydney [00:34.28] [00:36.33]I used to like hearing my [00:37.66]Dad tell of the depression [00:39.69] [00:42.25]Lookin' for work and getting' knocked back [00:45.15]Shouldered his swag and took to the track [00:47.97]Remembers each camp and [00:49.69]Every good cook on the stations [00:51.71] [00:53.74]The times have changed old timer [00:55.88] [00:56.78]The years have passed you by [00:58.92] [00:59.80]Some things never alter at all [01:02.15] [01:03.16]Let me tell you why [01:05.11] [01:07.41]The dusty roads you tramped are now all highways [01:11.69] [01:13.06]The road camp now a sleeper camp [01:15.82]The billy of tea a quick coffee we drank [01:18.83]I live on the road [01:20.11]I'm the mechanised swaggie of this day [01:23.40](let's go now) [01:24.22] [01:41.94]Yeah things have changed old timer [01:45.14]And yet they're still the same [01:47.13] [01:48.03]The swaggies old tradition lives on [01:50.68] [01:51.43]In the truckin' game [01:53.22] [01:55.15]Cause I'm a mechanised swaggie [01:56.58]In a Kenworth T950 [01:59.85] [02:01.40]Checkin' the gauges and the axel weights [02:04.35]Listening to the sound of the Jacob's brake [02:07.17]We live on the road we're the mechanised [02:09.36]Swaggies of this day [02:10.97] [02:11.71]Hey [02:12.05] [02:12.77]I'm a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 [02:16.59] [02:18.72]I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth [02:21.67]Me an' my girl share the wheel and the berth [02:24.41]We live on the road we're the mechanised [02:26.60]Swaggies of this day [02:28.34] [02:29.31]Hey [02:30.14] [03:00.64]And put the Jacob's brake on now