Slim Dusty - Kilometres Are Still Miles To Me lyrics

rate me

Kilometres are still miles to me

They separate from home and family

Now I can't count the white posts,

They're not where they used to be,

Kilometres are still miles to me

Oh, it used to be five hundred

From Melbourne to Sydney Town,

Now it seems longer

Every time the run comes 'round.

But I just keep a churning on

Just to stand on my two feet

But I'm weighed down in metrics,

Strange figures get me beat

Yes kilometres are still miles to me

They separate from home and family

Now I can't count the white posts,

They're not where they used to be,

Kilometres are still miles to me

The familiar signs are gone

And I'm wondering why.

I know the dog is still

Five miles from Gundagai.

Pumping litres more than gallons

Into this old rig

And my seven ounce at the end of the day

Is two hundred mils too big

Yes kilometres are still miles to me

They separate from home and family

Now I can't count the white posts,

They're not where they used to be,

Kilometres are still miles to me

[From his album: The Man Who Is Australia Disc 2

Transcribed: Marten Busstra 2010]