It's a long straight road
and the engine is deep
I can't help thinkin' I'm
a good night's sleep
And the long, long roads of my life
are a -callin' me
These rough old hands
are glued to the wheel
My eyes full of sand
from the way they feel
And the lights comin' on the hill
are a -blindin' me
There is rain on the road
and I can feel the load start a -shifting,
in a dance
Too late I see the post
but I haven't got a ghost of a chance
The windscreen moppers
aren't beating in time,
the song they sing is a part of my mind
I can't believe this really
happened to me
God, I'm over the edge
and down the mountainside
I know they'll tell about the night I died
In the rain when the lights on the hill
were blinding me
It's a long,
haul from way down south
A man's gotta fight a little
bit for his mouth
A home for a girl as sweet
as my honey can be
Snowy south to the queue
she's startin' to pull
The gauge on the tank
is a -showin' dead full
And the light's comin' over the hill
are a -blindin' me
There's rain on the road
and I can feel the load
starting shifting in advance
Too late, I see the post
and I haven't got a ghost of a chance
The windscreen wipers
aren't breathing in time
This only thing is a part of my mind
I can't believe it's really
happened to me
God, I'm over the edge
and hell, I'm not inside
I know their tale about the night I died
In the rain with the lights on
And here where I'm blinded,
man
There's rain on the road
and I can feel the load
start a -shiftin' in the veins
Too late I see the post
but I haven't got a ghost of a chance
The wind screams my place
or I'm beatin' in time
The song they sing is a part of my mind
I can't believe this really
happened to me
God, I'm over the edge
and hell, I'm not inside
I know they'll tell about the night I died
In the rain when the lights on the hill
were a -blindin' me
In the rain when the lights on the hill