Slim Dusty - Indian Pacific lyrics

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From coast to coast by night and day, hear the clickin' of the wheels<br />

The hummin' of the diesel on her ribbons of steel<br />

Carryin' the memories of a nation built by hand<br />

See the Indian Pacific span the land<br />

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She's the pride of all the railway men 'cross country where she flies<br />

From the blue Pacific waters to where the mountains rise<br />

By lakes and wide brown rivers, through desert country dry<br />

See the Indian Pacific passin' by<br />

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Oh the Indian Pacific she goes rollin' down the track<br />

Five thousand miles to travel before she's there and back<br />

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Beside the line, a drover waves his battered old grey hat<br />

And kids are catchin' yabbies down by the river flat<br />

And a woman hangs her washing in a backyard near the line<br />

As the Indian Pacific's rollin' by<br />

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Instrumental<br />

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Hear the whistle blowin' lonely 'neath the Nullabor star light<br />

Saluting those who walk across the track she romps tonight<br />

Callin' to the railway camp and the fettlers on the line<br />

I'm the Indian Pacific, right on time<br />

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From the silver of the Broken Hill to old Kalgoorlie gold<br />

She mirrors all the colours of the land so hard and old<br />

Then the western clouds are blooming and the air is just like wine<br />

And the Indian Pacific's makin' time<br />

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Oh the Indian Pacific she goes rollin' down the track<br />

Five thousand miles to travel before she's there and back<br />

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From the waters of the western sea to the eastern ocean sand<br />

The Indian Pacific spans the land<br />

Oh the Indian Pacific spans the land