One Truckie's Epitaph (Live) - Slim Dusty
Dad drove a rig on the northcoast run
We'd go along for a ride me and mum
But most of the time we were home just awaitn' for dad
He'd pull in the yard make the engine roar
Blast the horn as he slammed the door
And we'd hear that old country music turned up loud
When he first heard the song about lights on the hill
He played it non stop and he loved it still
He told me it happens on the highway all of the time
He said if ever I run into the old SD
I'm gunna tell him a few things that's happened to me
Cause there might be song in this old life of mine
So I thought I'd drop a line to tell your dad
About all the tapes and records he had
Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old SD
When they pulled him from the wreck by the river side
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died
That song was the one that he heard the last
You would never believe it could happen to you
But thats the one time it really came true
And lights on the hill
Was one truckies epitaph
So I thought I'd drop a line to tell your dad
About all the tapes and records he had
Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old SD
When they pulled him from the wreck by the river side
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died
That song was the one that he heard the last
You would never believe it could happen to you
But thats the one time it really came true
And lights on the hill
Was one truckies epitaph
Yes and lights on the hill
Was one truckies epitaph