Ham and Eggs Lyrics

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 end of state,
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, 3 o'clock or four,
Frying eggs and bacon and sweeping out the floor;

Sweeping out the floor
[Instrumental]

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 but 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.[Fade out]

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From his album: "West of Winton"
Songwriters/Composers: Slim Dusty; Tom Oliver;