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Slim Dusty – Lights On The Hill lyrics
Oh-hoh-hoh-hoh-yeah
It's a long straight road and the engine is deep
I can't help thinkin' of a good night's sleep
And the long long roads of my li-ife were a callin' me
These rough old hands are a-glued to the wheel
My eyes full of sand from the way they feel
And the lights comin' over the hi-ill are a-blindin' me
It's a long tough haul from a-way down south
A man's gotta find a little bread for his mouth
And a home for a girl as swee-eet as my honey can be
So it's down through the gears, she's a-startin' to pull
The gauge on the tank is a-showin' they're full
And the lights comin' over the hi-ill are a-blindin' me
There's rain on the road and I can feel the load start a-shiftin'
I-i-in a dance
Too late, I see the post and I haven't got a ghost of a chance
Ah-hah-hah-no
The windscreen wipers are a-beatin' in time
The song they sing is a part of my mind
And I can't believe it's a-really happenin' to me
Oh, but I'm over the edge and down the mountain side
I know they'll tell about the night I died
In the rain when the lights on the hi-ill were a-blindin' me
Hey!
There's rain on the road and I can feel the load start a-shiftin'
I-i-in a dance
Too late, I see the post and I haven't got a ghost of a chance
Ah-hah-hah-no
The windscreen wipers are a-beatin' in time
The song they sing is a part of my mind
And I can't believe it's a-really happenin' to me
Oh, but I'm over the edge and down the mountain side
I know they'll tell about the night I died
In the rain when the lights on the hi-ill were a-blindin' me
In the rain when the lights on t
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Songwriters: JOY MCKEAN
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    I feel this song is about a trucker that can see his death coming and is powerless to stop it so he then accepts his fate. My father picked this song to play at his funeral when he was dying from a terminal illness and like the trucker in this song was powerless to stop it and accepted that this was how he was going out. I also think that "the lights on the hill blinding me" phrase is what you feel when you told of your fate you are blinded for a minute. This song has helped me understand my dads feelings at the time and every time I hear it I think of him.
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    Its good when songs mean different things to different people but if you have ever drove trucks and I have it just the everyday story of how you feel and that's what makes joy such a wonderful song writer the fact that she can write from someone elses perspective truly one of australias greatest wrtiers ever.
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