Without You Colin Buchanan

Oh the bed I slip into is empty and frozen No lover have I to hold And my sleep it is fitful but I cling to the dreaming O how can I live one more night without you?

Hard Times Colin Buchanan

s heart To choose the sheep And set them apart He heard the shots He just couldn’t watch Hard times on the land Ian ploughed the cabbages in Prices were bad He just couldn’t win So what do you

Come What May Colin Buchanan

weren’t about to bid it all farewell Cos there’s been fire before in Illabo And there’ll be fire again And come what may, There’s been worse things in the way It’s our home and we won’t leave Without

Thinking of You Colin Buchanan

When I started thinking of you ... 2.

Living in Town Colin Buchanan

You took your bride to the farm The same land your father worked And your grandfather cleared You shared the joy of two sons One day the place would be theirs To share with their brides You took

Sons of the Country Colin Buchanan

Sons of the country Daughters of the land All those precious memories running in your blood Of the hometowns in the heartland and the distant bush you love Sons of the country Daughters of the land

Tears On The Phone Colin Buchanan

You dropped me off You turned away I asked should I leave or should I stay You didn't know The baby cried No more to say We kissed goodbye Both trying so hard not to show The desperation just

Out West of the Mighty Darling Colin Buchanan

Out west of the mighty Darling Where the big bomboras blow And turn daylight to the black of night In half an hour or so And you race for the nearest shelter From dust like rusty snow Out west of

Handyman Colin Buchanan

John came home with a good idea “Going to build you a brand new kitchen dear.”

Paradise Colin Buchanan

We watched the country change from slopes to plains Stands of yellowbox Turned to Mallee green and grey And her beauty kept unfolding that day Chorus She is cruel She is tender She'll leave you

The Local District Show Colin Buchanan

craft displays It’s a day when people have a go It’s the local district show Akubras, moleskins, ties and tinnies Trade and pleasure, booze and business All the experts ‘round the bar Will tell you

The Birdsville Races Colin Buchanan

Now folk's will tell you Birdsville is a little town You'd miss it if you blink But I took a trip out that way And it's not the sort of town Most people think ....

Kurrajong Colin Buchanan

CHORUS When the time comes they can take me down the track to the claypan And lay me by the windmill by the bore Don’t let their tears cloud the changes of my final years - They can say Kurrajong you

The Wanaaring Road Colin Buchanan

If you head west beyond the Darling Near the corner country of New South Wales You'll know you've struck the real Australia When your wheels hit the Wanaaring Road 2.

When it rained Colin Buchanan

he made some city friends Who’d only seen in picture books What he’d done on the land And the lazy small-town goings-on Seemed to lose their glow But once it’s in your heart, boy It’ll never let you

The House on Fishy Lake Road Colin Buchanan

your story If it can be told I know you've not always been empty and cold Whisper it softly let it unfold And tell me the story of The house on Fishy Lake Road And what of the ones who lived here You

Tough Job Colin Buchanan

It's a tough job, mate But someone's got to do it It's a tough job mate But it's got to be done Put in the hard yakka Work up a sweat The harder you work The hotter it gets It's a tough job mate

North Bourke Bridge Colin Buchanan

CHORUS Coz once you’ve crossed the North Bourke Bridge (And) stood on the dust of an Ancient red ridge Oh-oh the locals know The outback calls you back They knew that I’d be back Black feet on

That Old Caravan Colin Buchanan

Oh sweet memories In that flaking paint and ply Oh those miles that rolled on by So hold her like you used to When the journey first began Side by side In that old caravan The day they got a flat

Edge of the Kimberley Colin Buchanan

jerry can Those rusty ranges keep calling me From wherever I am To the edge of the Kimberley And at Kununurra well we knocked around Climbed Kelly's Knob on the edge of town It's the sort of view you

In His Blood Colin Buchanan

He’s got the John Deere bogged And he’s seeing red He wants the seed in the ground And not in the shed CHORUS And he’s no stranger to the great unknown No one knows what the future holds You

Chook Colin Buchanan

Chorus You can see him 'round Coota on the old pushbike With the B-double trailers and the CB mike The locals grin and look and say "Here comes Chook." 2.

By the Barwon Colin Buchanan

There's the rattly bridge with the swallow nests At the shotgun sign you hang a left It's a well-worn track to that well-known bend In the Barwon 4.

Uncle Viv Colin Buchanan

CHORUS Lightning Ridge was home ‘til ‘72, Mum couldn’t run the farm alone So his mining days were through But the treasures in his tobacco tin He’ll gladly show to you CHORUS Now his curly

Progress Colin Buchanan

I’ve seen the struggle of the daring ones Seen the work wrought with calloused hands Seen a world that clung so desperately In days that now have passed I’ve seen the rusting iron once so proud S...

Jincumbilly Colin Buchanan

There's no train into Jincumbilly There's no cattle in the yard There's no shearers standing Smoking on the platform Taking in the sunshine with the guard There's no work gang there at Jincumbilly...

Adelago Colin Buchanan

Cockatoos call in the morning Surf crashes on the golden sand It's 5 hours from the dust and the paddocks On the edge of the big brown land He's missing that farm under Sugarloaf Mountain There's ...

Harvest Colin Buchanan

The crops have just started to turn golden brown, Patches of green on retreat The last of the spring rains have swollen the grain Harvest will soon be here Ron took delivery of his header last we...

Runaway Train Colin Buchanan

They were still bagging grain when the train pulled in He was a hardworkin' fella with a knockabout grin And the boss' daughter took a shine to him And they were off like a runaway train Close the...

The Measure of a Man Colin Buchanan

1. The autumn sun Warmed the sand Of the river running dry And around the gums Dads and mums Lay with dogs Under open skies And let the days slip by ... Chorus The measure of a man isn't found In...

Rocko Colin Buchanan

We searched out a quiet corner of the Middle Bre Hotel A couple of dudes from out of town and it wasn't hard to tell A fella with an old guitar Who'd been playing in the public bar Gave a gappy sm...

Frank the Scab Colin Buchanan

Frank had 7 kids and a 20 stone wife They lived on the frowned on side of town A simple sort of life He’s had a council job since ‘74 Kept the food in the belly and the wolf from the door And gave...

Here One Moment Colin Buchanan

1. I love this house I built this house We raised our children here The walls have shared the tumult In the passing of the years But we lost it all last Saturday In the crackle and the roar Our ho...

He Waits Colin Buchanan

They met in the summer of 1958, A hometown girl with stars in her eyes He came from out of town to work in the mill, She found what she was looking for And he, he found a wife. She still remember...

No Place like Home Colin Buchanan

1. The moon lit the mountains bathed them in light The patchwork of paddocks spread forth in the night And whatever it was that had drawn him away Was forgotten, was gone... Chorus They say there...

Fields of Green Colin Buchanan

Let it be our little secret, my love This pledge that no witness shall see This promise of love that will live though we part Declared in these fields of green Let only these clouds cast their sha...

Smaller Every Year Colin Buchanan

1. There were young folk In the church hall In the old days They packed them in There was laughter There was singing It's a different story now ... Chorus It's just a little town Getting smaller ...

Silver Bullet Colin Buchanan

Set the yards up, dug a hole Rounded up the sheep Picked the ones that had to go It’d make a fella weep Food for dogs and a few loose coins CHORUS It was a simple plan to work this land But a fi...

Jingle Bells Colin Buchanan

Dashing through the bush In a rusty Holden ute Kicking up the dust Esky in the boot Kelpie by my side Singing Christmas songs It’s summertime and I am in My singlet, shorts and thongs CHORUS OH! ...

The Heroes of the Flames Colin Buchanan

1. The bush was like a tinder-box From a summer free of rain The unrelenting westerlies Quickly fanned the flames And with every passing hour The flames were burning higher Thousands faced destruc...

At Kalulah Colin Buchanan

1. It grew darker at Kalulah I could see the rain on Flat Rock Biggest storm in such a long time Birds were flying to their nests Chorus We've had some big storms lately There've been dark clouds...

Farm Cars Colin Buchanan

What’s that roar Rattling and rumbling? Got no door but it doesn’t seem to matter Duco’s scratched Panels bent and dented Can’t be matched Those no frills, no brakes Gut-thrasher, paddock-basher f...

The Bimbi Talent Quest Colin Buchanan

Turn the houselights down The audience is seated What’s going to hit this town tonight Will never be repeated They’ve dome from all around the joint To try and be the best At the Annual Bimbi Amat...

Singlets Blue Colin Buchanan

Grab your gear - it’s time to take a pen, Working out the western sheds again, From sheep to table, bin to bale Cockies work ‘em tooth and nail To the chuggin’ of the donk and the chattering blade...

Missin' Slim Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan

Davey has a photo From the day they met Slim Dusty It hangs beneath the longhorns in a simple timber frame And I dont know who is prouder Davey or his old man But you can see in in their faces and the

A Girl Like That Colin Blunstone

could fly I dreamed that one day Maby I would touch the sky But I've come down She brought me back And I need a girl like that Thought I was strong Thought I could make it on my own Spend my days without

Sudden Stop Colin James

I’m walkin out We never talked it out Now she’s gone so you can knock it out I’m all alone so I must do without All the love that I can’t live without Suddenly She stopped lovin me She caught

Tiger in the night colin blunstone

You are the tiger burning bright Deep in the forest of my nights You are the one who keeps me strong In this world Sleep by the silent cooling streams Down in the darkness of my dreams

I Just Don`t Think I`ll Ever Get Over You Colin Hay

I drink good coffee every morning Comes from a place that's far away And when I'm done I feel like talking Without you here there is less to say I don't want you thinking I'm unhappy What

You Who Are Lonely Colin Blunstone

YOU WHO ARE LONELY Ballard I just can't begin to explain the expression on my face Let's just say that I've lost someone and losing leaves its trace And I won't dare to pretend I'm in the hands of fate