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:Lights On The Hill] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Bent-Axle Bob (1992 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty And The Travelling Country Band [00:04.72]I was short of a dollar so I called on a bloke [00:08.01] [00:08.55]Who's pay wasn't good his gear was a joke [00:11.82] [00:12.36]You can't pick and choose when you're down on your luck [00:16.06]And your only profession is err drivin' a truck [00:19.40] [00:20.54]So we talked for a spell and he gave me a job [00:24.40]This cunning ole guy known as bent axle bob [00:28.04] [00:29.16]The rig which he owned was an F model mack [00:32.80]And the run that I drew was the territory track [00:36.01] [00:39.40]Bob's brakes was the kind which no other would cart [00:42.53] [00:43.09]The places he sent me would just break your heart [00:46.66]From dead ends in balmain to drill rigs out west [00:50.40]With the sands of a desert put your gears to the test [00:53.72] [00:54.97]But I battled along an' I shifted some weight [00:58.63]Old bent axle whinged every time I ran late [01:02.26] [01:03.35]Small wonder if you saw the smoke from the pump [01:06.98]And saw half the metal that I found in the sump [01:10.27]That's right yeah [01:11.24] [01:15.31]The trailers were buckled the tyres were worn [01:19.04]The tarps which he owned were tattered and torn [01:22.80]The dogs and the chains were all rusty and joined [01:26.31]Oh was easy to see how his nickname was coined [01:29.60] [01:31.08]Every axle was bent and the dolly was cracked [01:34.86]The kingpins was strained from the loads they had hacked [01:38.29] [01:39.58]I did what I could mate yes I really tried [01:43.40]Old bent axle whinged 'til the day that he died [01:46.49]He did yeah [01:47.12] [01:51.72]I'm sittin' here at home an' I'm out of a job [01:55.18]No longer employed by old bent axle bob [01:58.95]I note from the lawyer I read what's inside [02:02.75]Seems I have a road train now that old bent axle died [02:05.90] [02:07.00]Yes I'm heir to the fortune of bent axle bob [02:11.03]I needed a good driver an' you need a job [02:14.48] [02:15.20]You can drive this old rig to the scrap dealers dump [02:19.34]Complete with bent axles and that smokey fuel pump [02:22.92] [02:24.22]Complete with bent axles and smokey fuel pump [02:27.54]You can drive this old wreck to the scrap dealers dump [02:30.77]And leave it there