ONE TRUCKIE'S EPITAPH-Slim Dusty

[ti:One Truckie's Epitaph (Live)] [ar:Slim Dusty] [al:The Slim Dusty Family Live Across Australia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]ONE TRUCKIE'S EPITAPH - Slim Dusty [00:25.10]Dad drove a rig on the northcoast run [00:27.58] [00:28.10]We'd go along for a ride me and mum [00:31.39]But most of the time we were home just awaitn' for dad [00:34.58] [00:37.45]He'd pull in the yard make the engine roar [00:39.93] [00:40.67]Blast the horn as he slammed the door [00:43.38]And we'd hear that old country music turned up loud [00:47.29] [00:49.61]When he first heard the song about lights on the hill [00:53.13]He played it non stop and he loved it still [00:55.71] [00:56.23]He told me it happens on the highway all of the time [00:59.85] [01:02.45]He said if ever I run into the old SD [01:05.36]I'm gunna tell him a few things that's happened to me [01:08.48]Cause there might be song in this old life of mine [01:12.29] [01:14.80]So I thought I'd drop a line to tell your dad [01:17.54] [01:18.09]About all the tapes and records he had [01:21.09]Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old SD [01:24.97] [01:27.30]When they pulled him from the wreck by the river side [01:30.64]Lights on the hill was playin' when he died [01:33.76]That song was the one that he heard the last [01:37.08] [01:39.83]You would never believe it could happen to you [01:42.43] [01:43.00]But thats the one time it really came true [01:45.64] [01:46.20]And lights on the hill [01:47.76]Was one truckies epitaph [01:49.31] [02:17.15]So I thought I'd drop a line to tell your dad [02:19.89] [02:20.43]About all the tapes and records he had [02:23.39]Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old SD [02:26.98] [02:29.41]When they pulled him from the wreck by the river side [02:32.84]Lights on the hill was playin' when he died [02:35.93]That song was the one that he heard the last [02:39.31] [02:42.11]You would never believe it could happen to you [02:44.59] [02:45.21]But thats the one time it really came true [02:47.75] [02:48.30]And lights on the hill [02:49.76]Was one truckies epitaph [02:51.75] [02:54.12]Yes and lights on the hill [02:55.98]Was one truckies epitaph