Kids in the back Gui-tar and hat and Old Purp-le hits the road
A-cross the land Slim and the band Were putt-ing on their shows
Down dus-ty tracks The out-back map Was-n't prin-ted in its skin Old Pur-ple's on the road a-gain from Me-tung to Dar-win
Who's have thought that pur-ple ford Would be part of our his-to-ry When-e-ver that car pulled in-to town You knew who it was gon-na be
Year af-ter year Time af-ter time it ne-ver let him down Tak-ing his songs where they be-long to the out-back and the count-ry crowds
It's seen more miles than n in-ter-state truck And just bet-ween you and me When it came to the crunch that car was tough as a-ny in-ter-state could be
Been hit by bulls stuck in cre-eks been bogged in ned ax-le deep wind-screen smashed and the types slashed by the rocks and the catt-le grids
Kids in the back Gui-tar and hat and Old Purp-le hits the road
A-cross the land Slim and the band Were putt-ing on their shows
Down dus-ty tracks The out-back map Was-n't prin-ted in its skin Old Pur-ple's on the road a-gain from Me-tung to Da-rwin
First time that I saw that car I said there's no way I'm gett-ing in Buck-led du-co and white trim wheels To me it looked ug-ly as sin
But he loved that car and o-ver the time be-came a sym-bol of the man As it crossed the map to eve-ry part of this wide, brown land
Hours and hours spent be-hind the wheel The hap-pi-est man I've seen Watch-ing the road stretch out in front while liv-ing out his dream
One or two tunes like rambl-ing sho-es go runn-ing through his head And be-fore too long a-no-ther song sees day-light up a-head
Kids in the back Gui-tar and hat and Old Purp-le hits the road
A-cross the land Slim and the band Were putt-ing on their shows
Down dus-ty tracks The out-back map Was-n't prin-ted in its skin Old Pur-ple's on the road a-gain from Me-tung to Dar...
Kids in the back Gui-tar and hat and Old Purp-le hits the road
A-cross the land Slim and the band Were putt-ing on their shows
Down dus-ty tracks The out-back map Was-n't prin-ted in its skin Old Pur-ple's on the road a-gain from Me-tung to Dar-win