The Long Road

It's the same old rodeo
Whenever it appears
The roughnecks and truck drivers
Pipeliners and engineers
Our dusty little cowtown
Turned into a boomtown ...

Well, I have been it every since I was a kid at school
Now they love me in Newcastle and in Liverpool
I am as hard as a pistol I can't do no wrong
I'v...

These  mist  covered  mountains
Are  a  home  now  for  me
But  my  home  is  the  lowlands
And  always  will  be
Some  day  youll  return  to
Your  v...

These tables are haunted
By the ghost of las vegas

Their chips were once mountains
But they came here to play

They could take me if they wanted
But ...

I've been around in Donkey Town
Too long baby too long
Checking out of Donkey Town
So long so long so long
Her pretty eyes are pretty still
But Jim's ...

Above the bar the TVs are showing the game

But we're not watching it,
we're hardly focussing

Through the windows in the fading day

1st Avenue is tu...

Well, look out the window
Never saw so much rain
You better get down to the station
If you want to catch that train
So long, I guess that's that
Hey, ...

Well he's daddy's little boy he plays with his toys
He holds on to his daddy's hand
His daddy says sonny you're a big strong boy
You're gonna be a big...

Been kickin’ sawdust
In these clothes
For a blue moon
And a red nose

The boys will put 'em up
And tear 'em down
We’ll wash away
The dirt
Just a glass...