The Way It Is

It's a plume of dust

Down an old dirt road

Hanging off the rails

At the rodeo

A back verandah with creaking boards

The dark range of a thunderstorm

The stockmans bar

At an old bush pub

And chasing mickey's

Through the scrub

It's planting seeds

And praying for rain

And the red dust runing

Through your veins

It's just the way it is

It's the way it goes

When my wheels hit the gravel road

It feels like home

It's the way of life

It's the life I live

And I'm right where I want to be

It's the way it is

It's a corrugated iron shed

Work boots on a backdoor step

Scones in the oven

And preserves in jars

Talking prces at the saleyards

It's long straight roads

And one horse towns

Sheep dogs bringing the mob around

It's she'll be right and having a go

It's good on ya mate

And what do ya know

It's just the way it is

It's the way it goes

When my wheels hit the gravel road

It feels like home

It's the way of life

It's the life I live

And I'm right where I want to be

That's the way it is

The eerie still

In the grey of dawn

Feilds of wheat and rows of corn

A rusty tank and flaking paint

A weary digger on ANZAC day

Dreamtime land and uluru

It's aborigine didgeridoo

It's batterd hats

And calloused hands

It's the spirit of a hard won land

It's just the way it is

It's the way it goes

When my wheels hit the gravel road

It feels like home

It's the way of life

It's the life I live

And I'm right where I want to be

The patch ground you and me

That's the way it is

It's just the way it is

That's the way it is

It's the way it is