Darling one day you will know Why it is that you must go Why tomorrow you will be So far away from me Maybe then we'll understand how easily The time
I met her at a disco at the school of arts hotel The kind of place that some girls won't attend The moon shone over Edward Street and later I could tell
Friday night bout ten o'clock Packed house, line around the block The bands rockin' the dance floors full Their crankin' up the speed on the mechanical
I was walkin down the Highway My thumb out in the air I'd argued with my father And thought he didn't care It was cold and I was angry As I cursed his
hat A Life On the higher side of 30 goin' on his second wife They got 4 kids in between 'em livin down by the riverside Oh what a life He don't get no
When I was a young man My daddy told me A lesson he learned a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn to let
This big old car, gonna take us home This big old car, gonna take us home Gonna take us home to what we know so well This big old car gonna take us home
Well good evening everybody and welcome to this full throttle thrill show that is world series sprint cars, well folks they've come from far and wide
Well all the boy's in my hometown are celebrating 'Cause she's turned eighteen They all think that she's just the cutest They've ever seen Well now she
Left my home long ago To travel up the Tanami Road So many young fellas were like me Head full of ideas and pretty keen I didn't think that anyone would
Well I really had a ball last night I held all the pretty girls tight I was feelin' single seein' double I wound up in a whole lot of trouble And today
You might think it's a one- horse town No traffic lights, one roundabout Beccy runs the corner shop Shuts the door at five o'clock You might think this
Strap yourself in Hang on for the ride Dirts gonna fly Grounds gonna shake tonight You don't have to look far "Cause it's right here in your back yard
Every night before I go to sleep I thank the lord down on my knees For the bare necessities Food, water, shelter, love We're so busy judging right from
We were barely seventeen Two kids with the grown up dream Of a perfect love Foolin' round in my first car Careful not to go too far That's how it was
to three We'd squabble in the car When Dad would take us for a run The girls would get all teary and say "Look what Adam's done" And while the girls
Precious Lord take my hand Lead me on let me stand For I am tired I am weak I am worn Through the storms through the night Lead me on to the light Precious
Here, here is where I was born My father's son In the heart of the country Here I got my family tree Deep down in me Still growing strong But there,
