Slim Dusty Answer To Billy
It must be all of three years now since Billy hit the
track,
And Jenny with a broken heart has been to hell and
back,
They say she'll never love again, t'was just a one
night stand,
For she's still holds a candle for that no good
truckin' man,
Now Jenny runs a diner where she's workin' until late,
To catch a glimpse of Billy when he's hauling
interstate,
But every trucks a Kenworth when she's lookin' for her
mate,
And deep down in her heart she knows that Billy won't
be back.
Hey!
[Instrumental]
He's out there somewhere in the night the flashes comes
again,
She sees him on a mountain road in driving, wind and
rain,
With vision poor and glaring lights and blinded weary
eyes,
Ah, she prays to God, "Don't let it be the way that
Billy dies."
[Instrumental]
She watches all the trucks roll in, there's Jim from
Gundagai,
She watches out for Billy's truck in traffic passin'
by,
And with the rust up for the day the staff ?let out? a
roar,
Watch out for that big ol' Mack with pinstripes on the
door.
She drives out on the slower lane on the highway out of
town,
And every truck she sees his face, her world is upside
down,
She parks beside the vacant block, they lived there in
a van,
And remembers how she loved and lost that no good
trucking man.
Hey!
[Instrumental]
It must be all of three years now since Billy hit the
track,
And Jenny with a broken heart has been to hell and
back,
They say she'll never love again, t'was just a one
night stand,
For she's still holds a candle for that no good
truckin' man,
Hey
Yes she's still holds a candle for that no good
truckin' man.
