I Don't Sleep At Night

I Don't Sleep At Night - Slim Dusty

There's nothing can wipe out my fear of burnin'

And that's why the trucks won't let me sleep at night

My window overlooks the highway goin' out

And the interstaters roll through every night

I look out and see the semis down below me

Grinding to a halt before the lights

There's a bulldog Mack with old Bob in the cabin

And I wonder what the next big rig will be

Maybe old red Ned or even the Mary Kathleen

And the next to roll I know should be me

And I don't sleep at night because the trucks won't let me

Wheels are rollin' thunder in my brain

The bottle by my side keeps back the nightmares

'Til the sound of diesels bring it back again

And I still can see the flames on Razor Mountain

Oh I smell the smoke and feel it blur my sight

There's nothing can wipe out my fear of burnin'

And that's why the trucks won't let me sleep at night

No transport boss will take me on because they say

I'm not the driver now I used to be

They seem to think the bottle's really got me down

Ah but put me in the cabin and they'll see

And I'll bet my hands are steady as the next mans

And I sometimes think there's diesel in my veins

Oh whatever reason could there be from feelin'

The way I do about the old four lanes

But I don't sleep at night because the trucks won't let me

Wheels are rollin' thunder in my brain

The bottle by my side keeps back the nightmares

'Til the sound of diesels bring it back again

And I still can see the flames on Razor Mountain

Oh I smell the smoke and feel it blur my sight

There's nothing can wipe out my fear of burnin'

And that's why the trucks won't let me sleep at night