Big Old Mack - Slim Dusty

作曲：John Dohling

In the wind and rain of winter

And no glimmer of the sun

We leave the south behind us on

That welcome northern run

New motor just been fitted and

She's barking from stack

A snarling Detroit diesel underneath

This big old Mack

There's bull lights on her bumper

And new chroming on her stack

Her reconditioned gearbox

Has really brought her back

New booster on her intake and

Her head is made to suit

And when I hold her open

Holy Moses can she scoot

She's a road train geared for the

Open road and the inland highways

Known to the rugged north

And the dusty byways

Big old Mack

Two weeks too long away from

All that diesel oil and grime

Tonight we'll see the sun go

Down across that borderline

There's lots of work to do old girl

And we've no time to sleep

Your big repairs have left me broke

And you've gotta earn your keep

We're rollin' up the highway all

The blues are in our wake

The bogey wheels are humming to

A good old country tape

Two trailers on we dare to pass the

Truckies gasp in awe

We're sailing round their modern

Trucks half throttle to the floor

She knows that Goulburn highway

And she knows old Goulburn Hill

And the endless blue horizons on

The road to Camooweal

She knows that sunset country where

The wedge tailed eagle soars

And the unforgiving distance

Of the lonely Nullabor

She's a road train geared for the

Open road and the inland highways

Known to the rugged north

And the dusty byways

Big old Mack big old Mack