Rules of the Road-Lee Kernaghan/Anne Kirkpatrick

[ti:Rules of the Road] [ar:Lee Kernaghan/Anne Kirkpatrick] [al:Rules of the Road] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rules of the Road - Lee Kernaghan/Anne Kirkpatrick [00:13.36]Well it was south of warialda [00:14.66] [00:15.89]I was stranded by the gwydir [00:17.29] [00:18.46]Just the clothes that I was wearing [00:20.05] [00:21.12]My old guitar case by my side [00:23.06] [00:26.08]And the chilly dusk was falling [00:28.11] [00:29.12]I saw the headlights in the distance [00:31.02] [00:32.38]I felt an eerie stillness [00:33.76] [00:34.75]Stuck my thumb out for a ride [00:37.15] [00:40.40]And ancient rig and caravan [00:41.77] [00:43.23]Pulled up with a rattle [00:44.30] [00:45.56]A battered door squeaked open [00:47.22] [00:48.15]That's when I saw him in the glow [00:50.37] [00:52.97]As we rattled through the darkness [00:54.57] [00:55.29]He just listened to my sorry story [00:57.10] [00:58.27]'Till finally he turned and said [01:00.32]Boy there's something you should know [01:03.97] [01:06.13]There are rules of the road [01:08.90]Like an old unwritten code [01:11.18] [01:11.74]Something bushies only know [01:16.24] [01:17.52]You've got to take it on the chin [01:20.42] [01:21.10]And get back up again [01:22.89] [01:23.48]It's a mystery you feel inside your bones [01:28.20] [01:29.55]When you're living by the rules of the road [01:34.70] [01:39.06]With one hand on the wheel [01:40.30] [01:41.56]He fixed himself a roly [01:42.82] [01:44.02]And he spoke of faded memories [01:45.43] [01:47.08]From a lifetime ago [01:49.31] [01:51.45]And the miles became a blur [01:53.33]Of boxing tents and buck jump shows [01:55.54] [01:57.22]And the old man's form was ghostly [01:59.39] [02:00.26]In the dashlight and the smoke [02:02.72] [02:04.34]There are rules of the road [02:06.52] [02:07.04]Like an old unwritten code [02:09.49] [02:10.05]Something bushies only know [02:14.24] [02:15.69]You've got to take it on the chin [02:18.56] [02:19.25]And get back up again [02:21.62]It's a mystery you feel inside your bones [02:26.29] [02:27.65]When you're living by the rules of the road [02:32.82] [02:46.67]Well we were coming into north star [02:48.28]When he said [02:48.88] [02:49.74]This is where we park boy [02:50.91] [02:51.87]You see sister dory is waiting up ahead [02:54.19] [02:54.81]Something glistened in his eye [02:56.80] [02:59.18]And that rig just seemed to vanish [03:00.74] [03:01.70]And a voice from out of nowhere [03:03.41]Seemed to say [03:03.96] [03:04.83]Tex is goin' back to queensland [03:07.58] [03:08.24]To give it one more try [03:12.05]There are rules of the road [03:14.98]Like an old unwritten code [03:17.70]Something bushies only know [03:22.15] [03:23.33]You've got to take it on the chin [03:26.15] [03:26.93]And get back up again [03:29.33]It's a mystery you feel inside your bones [03:33.58]You can feel it [03:34.82] [03:35.33]When you're living by the rules of the road [03:38.62]Rules of the road it's [03:40.73]Like an old unwritten code [03:42.94] [03:43.44]Something bushies only know [03:47.99] [03:48.80]Well you've got to take it on the chin [03:51.78] [03:52.44]And get back up again [03:54.85]It's a mystery you feel inside your bones [03:59.21] [04:00.84]When you're living by the rules of the road