HAM AND EGGS
(Slim Dusty / Tom Oliver)


Slim Dusty - 1997





She sees a million miles of travel in a truckies weary gaze
Sees southern winter drizzle and northern summer haze
She can see those eyes searching for the roadhouse sign ahead
For he needs a cup of coffee and a feed of steak and eggs

There's country on the radio, there’s lights upon the hill
And a winking neon sign out front says Charlie's Bar & Grill
It's a beacon light for drivers out there on the interstate
But here she is at 2 A.M. grilling ham and steak.

Ham and eggs and coffee seems to be her way of life
Since the day that she became a truck stop owners wife
Midnight, one or two, three o’clock or four
Frying eggs and bacon and sweeping out the floor

Sweeping out the floor

(Instrumental Break)

There must be more to life than this, she tells herself again
As she hears another semi coming down the lane
The squealing brakes, the hissing air, the slammin’ of the door
She don't even bother to look at it, she’s heard it all before

He wanders in and takes a seat before the bar and grill
Ham and eggs and coffee and another order filled
He pays the bill, she's caught a glimpse of weary blood shot eyes
Like road maps of Australia, they show a million miles

Oh, they show a million miles.

She sees a million miles of travel in a truckies weary gaze
Sees southern winter drizzle and northern summer haze
She can see those eyes searching for the roadhouse sign ahead
For he needs a cup of coffee and a feed of steak and eggs






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - August 2013)