Kelly's Offsider-Slim Dusty

[00:17.64]Well they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died [00:23.99]I put my head in my hands [00:25.54]And I just couldn't help but I cried [00:30.51]And there's no use you telling me now [00:32.79]That's the way of all life [00:36.81]We're kind of different with Kelly [00:38.60]Cause the offsider was his wife [00:43.19]It was just a nickname the truckies all knew her by [00:49.50]We'd all give her a wave [00:51.12]And a blast of the horn as we'd fly [00:55.98]And if Kelly pulled over [00:57.63]And stopped by the road for a spell [01:02.26]Kelly's grin and the offsider's smile [01:04.76]Made us pull in as well [01:08.46]Well the off-sider rode all of the highways [01:11.61]There were to ride [01:15.23]Nowhere in the world was she happy but by Kelly's side [01:21.59]An after a while we all said [01:23.40]That she brought us good luck [01:27.68]But to them the whole world [01:29.20]Was the cabin of a roaring truck [01:31.53] [01:46.82]So it's hard to take in that Kelly's offsider just died [01:53.55]But Kelly's gonna take his offsider for one last ride [01:59.68]With a casket of ashes an a semi that's rolling slow [02:06.05]Kelly's heading for a place on the highway [02:08.65]The truckies all know [02:12.22]And he'll be leaving her where the tall trees bend an sigh [02:18.58]Where she won't be lonely [02:20.32]Cause she'll hear the big wheels rolling by [02:24.98]And the sound of the horns from the trucks [02:27.45]Passing day and night [02:31.81]Kelly's offsider will be riding with him til he died [02:37.70]Well they told me tonight that Kelly's offsider just died [02:44.00]I put my head in my hands [02:45.58]And I just couldn't help but I cried [02:50.51]And it's no use you telling me now [02:52.72]That's the way of all life [02:56.69]Kind a different with Kelly [02:58.36]Cause the offsider was his wife [03:02.99]Oh kind a different with Kelly [03:04.88]Cause the offsider was his wife [03:07.42]