Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Mechanised Swaggie, artist - Slim Dusty. Album song Makin' A Mile, in the genre ПопDate of issue: 31.12.1996
Record label: EMI Recorded Music Australia
Song language: English
Mechanised Swaggie |
| I’m a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 |
| I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth |
| Me and my girl share the wheel and the berth |
| We can make it in forty-eight hours, from Sydney |
| I used to like hearing my dad tell of the depression |
| Looking for work and getting knocked back |
| Shouldered his swag and took to the track |
| Remembers each camp and every good cook on the stations |
| The times have changed old timer |
| The years have passed you by |
| Some things never alter at all |
| Let me tell you why |
| The dusty roads you tramped are now all highways |
| The road camp now, a sleeper camp |
| The billy of tea, a quick coffee we grabbed |
| I live on the road, I’m the mechanised swaggie of this day |
| Let’s go now |
| Yeah, things have changed old timer |
| And yet they’re still the same |
| The swaggies old tradition lives on |
| In the trucking game |
| 'Cause I’m a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 |
| Checking the gauges and the axel weights |
| Listening to the sound of the Jacobs brake |
| We live on the road, we’re the mechanised swaggies of this day, hey |
| I’m a mechanised swaggie in a Kenworth T950 |
| I haul big freight across the paddock to Perth |
| Me and my girl share the wheel and the berth |
| We live on the road, we’re the mechanised swaggies of this day, hey |