Adam Brand

Well living in the city puts a lock on your door Oh yeah Uh huh huh And you can't appreciate little Things no more Oh yeah Uh huh huh I can be Jack and you can be Jill We can build a house up on top of the hill Have a ball do it all Beating around the b...

This big old car, gonna take us home This big old car, gonna take us home Gonna take us home to what we know so well This big old car gonna take us home Gonna take us all the way to Brisbane All the way to Cairns Back across to Katherine To the Fitzroy...

When I was a baby my mum and my dad Said slow down son you're crawling too fast I had skinned up knees and bumps on my head Well I couldn't talk then but if I could I'd have said I was built for speed I was born to run I get chills when they fire off tha...

I met her at a disco at the school of arts hotel The kind of place that some girls won't attend The moon shone over Edward Street and later I could tell I'd never be a lonely man again. In Charleville, In Charleville, there is a pretty little woman who'll...

When I was a young man My daddy told me A lesson he learned a long time ago If you want to have someone to hold onto You're gonna have to learn to let go You gotta sing like you don't need the money Love like you'll never get hurt You gotta dance like t...

I was walkin down the Highway My thumb out in the air I'd argued with my father And thought he didn't care It was cold and I was angry As I cursed his name that day When a car pulled up beside me And I heard my father say Come on home, Come on home I...

Friday night bout ten o'clock Packed house, line around the block The bands rockin' the dance floors full Their crankin' up the speed on the mechanical bull Line 'em up right across the bar Look out party's really 'bout to start The bar tender shouts OK...

Well good evening everybody and welcome to this full throttle thrill show that is world series sprint cars, well folks they've come from far and wide for this one, three of the best that uncle sam could slam down and some fearless aussies get ready to get it o...

Strap yourself in Hang on for the ride Dirts gonna fly Grounds gonna shake tonight You don't have to look far "Cause it's right here in your back yard There's a hundred tracks across our land They call home this fearless band of dirt track Dirt Track cowboys...

Well all the boy's in my hometown are celebrating 'Cause she's turned eighteen They all think that she's just the cutest They've ever seen Well now she's grown up And they've all shown up At last she's turned eighteen At last she's turned eighteen At...

Some men like the horses Some men like to drink Some men like to scratch their chins and Sit around and think Some men like the pulpit Some men like the pew But every man, every man likes you Some men like the money Some men like the fame Some men li...

Well I really had a ball last night I held all the pretty girls tight I was feelin' single seein' double I wound up in a whole lot of trouble And today I'll face the big fight But I really had a ball last night When I came home from work this morning M...

Every night before I go to sleep I thank the lord down on my knees For the bare necessities Food, water, shelter, love We're so busy judging right from wrong Rich and poor, weak and strong When all we need our whole life long Is food, water, shelter, l...

You might think it's a one- horse town No traffic lights, one roundabout Beccy runs the corner shop Shuts the door at five o'clock You might think this town is dead 'Cause we ain't got no drive through yet Our one garage don't open nights Truckies they...

I kinda took my uncle’s old tray back My mind was made and my bags were packed And that GPS was set for Tenant Creek No books to keep no business suit No weeds to grow beneath these boots And there ain’t nobody here been missin’ me And I can’t keep on hangin...

Good times are worth more than money any day That's what I always say Good friends are worth more than money in the bank That's what I always say That's what I always say Got a letter, made me lose heart Gonna have to make a new start I know whatever happens n...

We were barely seventeen Two kids with the grown up dream Of a perfect love Foolin' round in my first car Careful not to go too far That's how it was We had a simple wedding You looked beautiful in white And I recall your mother's blessing On our wedding night...

Precious Lord take my hand Lead me on let me stand For I am tired I am weak I am worn Through the storms through the night Lead me on to the light Precious Lord take my hand and lead me home Well I remember when I was a lad Times were hard and things we...

Grandpa had a piano it was built in 1904 He brought it down from Sydney town before the First World War He'd sit down and crack his knuckles put his glasses on his head When he'd start to play the cat would run and hide behind the bed Well his right foot...

Here, here is where I was born My father's son In the heart of the country Here I got my family tree Deep down in me Still growing strong But there, there are those city lights Shining bright Calling me And there is where I got to go Or I'll never...

I woke up this morning smelling like lemons Salt on the back of my hands Mouth was so dry I couldn't even spit My eyes felt like they were full of sand I called Troy Jenkins to see if he survived My head pounding like a stone He started reeling off thin...

I thank the good Lord For sending you I believe in miracles Yeah now I do And I can't help but thinking Someone upstairs made a big blue But I gotta thank him For sending you I can still remember the first night we met My mouth it wasn't working Nei...

They say men and women are worlds apart And neither one are willing to travel that far But I never bought in to psychological stuff And never claimed to be a bonafide genius But if men are from Mars and women are from Venus I'm going to Venus Strap me i...

I'm gonna raise the Titanic Sail across the Atlantic And this time it ain't gonna sink I'm gonna sit here in this chair With this beer and declare It's the last one I'll ever drink Buy a pair of dinosaur skin boots Take a walk across the moon Yeah that...

Just how far does the universe go Does it ever end, you say you want to know Just how high can you count Before the numbers all runs out Who built the Pyramids Do aliens exist Where does God come from One more phenomenon But if you know how strong my...

Got any plans for the weekend Cause I've got an idea Lets do something we ain't done in a couple years Lets roll out on the highway and we'll wave the world goodbye Well come on baby how bout we just drive Just drive and get away Just drive and run away Cause...

She slid across the front seat Unlocked the door for me She was waiting in the car I couldn't wait to get in First night was going so right Put her pretty little hand in mine All I knew it felt so good What I was feeling right then Don't know what it is but I...

Joey lived a mile out a Southern Cross Working on trucks for the local pit boss Friday nights when he'd come to town They'd all line up to see him lay some Rubber down Joey had a ute built in '74 With a 350 Chevy and 4 on the floor Chrome wire wheels a...

There's a tyre on the rope above the swimming hole Where Danny and Dave and Tim would go Make up stories 'bout girls they know Brothers and best friends Now the dam's dried up and the rope is frayed Danny and Dave they ran away Timmy he just had to stay 'Caus...

School came to a end, She couldn’t wait to spread her wings, Barley come of age, Tears welled in her eyes, She mumbled with goodbyes, Momma held her young head in her hands, Whispered: "Baby, someday you’ll understand, that life will bring you home." S...

Left my home long ago To travel up the Tanami Road So many young fellas were like me Head full of ideas and pretty keen I didn't think that anyone would remember me for very long Lifetime friends are with you 'till the end They're the ones that know you...

Darling one day you will know Why it is that you must go Why tomorrow you will be So far away from me Maybe then we'll understand how easily The time between the sweetest love and bitter tears Can be measured in your tender years Some would say the wo...

Little Sisters, Little Sisters They'll niggle and annoy you Like a blister in your shoe But God bless my Little Sisters 'Cause this big brother Well he's looking out for you I grew up with my sisters There was Flatty, Nat and Dee I was on my own 'til...

That tinpot town went and spat me out Onto that eastern track My Dad he gave me a month or two Before the city spat me back A flat bed truck picked me up And I crossed that great divide I had 3 good days 'til I spent my pay Now I'm on a downward slide...

You're always in the fridge or on the phone How the hell would you know you're never home I go to work to keep this family fed Good try pal but you won't even get out of bed I can't believe you spent that much on shoes Look I got them on sale and you'll...

I was shaving off yesterday Checking out the new lines in my changing face Thinking about all I did Where time went and all I haven't fixed around this place Just then my son walked in from the kitchen like he had no knees Waist high in leather he said he...

My mama told me not to play the guitar Stuck in a bottle neck you won't get far Hanging around with your sleeping in friends Elegant women, here I go again My mama told me early to bed Early to rise is what she said My mama told me to play the six strin...

We'd better stop before we go Look to the left and right and go a little slow Take some time just to see If we are really meant to be The whole world says it's you and me Hey little girl when you talk that way My minds made up and I have to say You're t...

They're telling me to stop singing country That kind of music ain't much chop Record company man said hey Mr. Brand Why don't you start singing some pop You'll make more money, you'll get more honeys That's the way to go Well I thought for a second and a...

Well I've never loved another like I love you You taught this cheating heart to want to stay at home And now I know that I could never live without you If I ever thought I could I was wrong My heart was bleeding and my pride was all bruised I threw cauti...

I've travelled across the country On every beaten track From the sugar cane to the Nullabor Plain And I've been to Burke and back But there's nothing I like better Just before Australia Day Than heading down the New England Highway Got my boots on, got my hat...

Gonna jump back on this two lane highway Set my wheels in motion back to you I've been gone so long now girl Your memory's all I've got to see me through Telephone poles are whizzing by But that ain't fast enough Peddle down, flying low, the things we do for l...

Little brother's in the backyard revin' up the engine Tuning up for Saturday night Be a dirt track mogul Racing round the oval Passing everything in sight But come Sunday mornin we'll all pile in And head down the road to church Mamma in the back hangin...

He's an old hand at fixing cars and bailing hay And there's nothing he can't do on that old farm He's tougher than leather for a man his age But he's 21 when she's lying in his arms She's and old hand at baking bread and washing clothes And rocking littl...

Touch me like I touch you Hold me like I hold you Kiss me like I kiss you One more time, one more time tonight Please say you won't leave me Say you still need me Say you still love me One more time, one more time tonight I'll dance all night with...

I don't dance the Cucaracha I don't play the Moochachas I've never been to Mexico I've never had the chance to go Never met Speedy Gonzales I don't eat enchiladas I don't drink margaritas But I love the senioritis I've seen 'em on the TV shows Hair o...

She was born out in the sticks In the drought of '76 Pulled the wings of bugs for kicks She's country Learned to drive in beat up hack Shotgun and an old bashed hat Chasin' roos and razorback She's country She'll look you in the eye Work all day and...

I got a size two pair of boots I ain't ever gonna sell them and that's the truth They ain't for walking around this town on the ground Special kind of shoes the best I've found Well they're kinda small, there's a reason for that They go with a jacket and...

Sometimes love is what we make it Sometimes we're not making love at all Sometimes when our hearts are breaking Should we give up or should we give our all There's so much that we don't understand But we can bring the magic back again Take a lesson from...

There's a scar on my right elbow From a barbed wire fence when I was eight years old I must have ran a mile just crying in my torn shirt 'Till I heard the words tell me where it hurts. If there was a scratch or a bruise on my skin Mama would put me back...

Twenty dollars out of mumma's purse bought us a tank of gas And a pack of tobacco when we were just teenage kids Me and Jack and Danny we'd go driving around If there was trouble to be found then we found it quick Chuckin' doughnuts in the field 'Till ol...

Little Brodie Williams plays with little Jimmy Lee One comes from Horsham One lives down by the sea One'll go to uni One'll stay on the land 'Cause we sure need more doctors And we sure need the working man 'Cause that's who we are That's who we are His papa...

1914 began, he was working on the land with his mum and dad He left behind his girl, joined up to see the world, it made his mother sad He made it through the war, came back to town To help his father work the fields and rebuild his life somehow And everyb...

There's a summer moon shining through my room Just like it did that night You laid me down we tossed and turned We bathed in that blue light I was gone as it gets with the touch of your lips We were burning like fire flies Just when I thought l was over...

I play an old guitar from nine 'till half past one I'm just trying to make a living watching everyone else have fun I don't miss much if it happens on the dance hall floor I said mercy look what just walked through that door Hello T-R-O-U-B-L-E What in th...

My Uncle Pete was a trucker Riding that Nullarbor Plain Ten split gears and an overdrive Chrome stacks shooting out flames He'd throw me up into the cab My little hands would grip the wheel I would dream about the day I could drive that rig for real...

There's a rumour goin' round that it's lookin' like splitsville between us But all that talk's just talk So don't you believe it 'Cause I just got a call from my baby And she was all, guess what? We're makin up Our on again off again is on again Were m...

What A Life On the higher side of 30 goin’ on his second wife They got 4 kids in between ‘em livin down by the riverside Oh what a life He don’t get no paid vacations But the weekends get him right He puts the boat out on the lake every Sunday Till the...

When he turned 18 there was only one thing That he'd think about all the time With a scoop on the hood and a thundering roar, When you power shift overdrive Up on the hill with a head full of dreams, "That'll be me one day" When the chequered flag wo...

We never saw them holding hands Or kissing all that much They must have loved each other Huh, there were 6 of us Mama held the fort down Dad he went to work We never thought about what she meant to him Or what he meant to her Sometimes on a Saturday T...

Words cannot say What I want them to say To show how I feel And That my love is real To hold you my love Is all I can do To make you see You're the world to me I would climb every mountain I would sail every sea There ain't a woman alive who could s...

Last Friday night down at the road house Booth in the back, they sat alone Holding hands like two young lovers Her hair was grey, his hair was gone She said to him "I'm getting older A pretty girl, no more to be Heaven knows I'm not a treasure" He softl...

If you've ever dropped the clutch, you're a rev head If you've ever smoked 'em up, you're a rev head If your tyres are wide and your t-shirt's black Your very first date was at the speedway track It's time to face the fact you're a rev head If you love P...