Black Jack

Too many miles still try'n to bridge the gap back home Gotta 30 ton load that feels like she's fly'n Two stops to Darwin and the mornings nearly over Think I'll meet the old mate Black Jack And drop another load Black Jack do ya copy do ya copy Black Jack over I'll meet you on the corner of the pub just down the road These big wheels have been turning now for days seems like a year Let's pull in to the station now and sink a few cold beers Well old Jack he never answered never heard my call at all So I just kept on a rolling down that lonely country road One mile of dust behind me and a spirit of my own In a land that's god forsaken Just a bloody dried up hole As I pulled in to the station 60 miles on down the road Saw a Mac with a broken axle and a damned heavy load So I lent a hand and asked the man if he'd seen me old mate Jack Said I've been call'n out for ages since I hit the old dust trap Black Jack do ya copy do ya copy Black Jack over I'll meet you on the corner of the pub just down the road These big wheels have been turning now for days seems like a year Let's pull in to the station now and sink a few cold beers When he looked at me in wonderment a shiver chilled my spine As I looked the old truck over, the answer came to mind Old Jack he'd done his load that day And the wreck was towed away Old Black Jack's days were over And my haunting words that day Black Jack do ya copy do ya copy Black Jack over I'll meet you on the corner of the pub just down the road These big wheels have been turning now for days seems like a year Let's pull in to the station now and sink a few cold beers Black Jack do ya copy do ya copy Black Jack over I'll meet you on the corner of the pub just down the road These big wheels have been turning now for days seems like a year Let's pull in to the station now and sink a few cold beers