Dead On Time - Slim Dusty

He’d done this run for a long time now

And he don’t know why and he don’t know how

But he’d never been late so they called him 'Dead on Time'

He painted the name on the bonnet in black

And the station kids on the mailman’s track

Would all look out for the dust of 'Dead On Time'

Would all look out for the dust of 'Dead On Time'

I gotta be back for the kid’s birthday

The mailman said as he waved hooray

And wheeled his truck on the long haul homeward bound

The wife’s gonna make him a chocolate cake

They made me promise that I won’t be late

I’ll see you again when I come next time around

I’ll see you again when I come next time around

Instrumental

But 'Dead On Time' ran outta luck

And he couldn’t believe when his good old truck

Ground to a halt with a burnt out bearing whine

Not a tree in sight and the water bag low

Not a hope in hell of getting her to go

Didn’t look too good at all for 'Dead On Time'

Didn’t look too good at all for 'Dead On Time'

A birthday party and a chocolate cake

Went dancin' across the dry salt lake

Where the mirage met with the distant timber line

And the silent truck threw a meagre shade

Over the plea for help that he made

Scratched in the dirt on the road by «Dead On Time'

He’d done this run for a long time now

And he don’t know why and he don’t know how

But he’d never been late so they called him 'Dead on Time'

He painted the name on the bonnet in black

And the station kids on the mailman’s track

Still look out for the dust of «Dead On Time'

Yeah!