[00:56.59]Well it''''s hotter ''''n blazes
[01:00.31]And all the long faces
[01:05.63]There''''ll be no oasis
[01:09.17]For a dry local grazier
[01:14.64]There''''ll be no refreshment
[01:18.04]For a thirsty jackaroo
[01:23.56]From Melbourne to Adelaide
[01:27.34]On the overlander
[01:32.69]With newfangled buffet cars
[01:36.19]And faster locomotives
[01:41.82]The train stopped
[01:43.14]In serviceton
[01:45.06]Less and less often
[01:50.72]There''''s nothing sadder
[01:54.15]Than a town with no cheer
[02:01.65]Voc rail decided the canteen
[02:06.45]Was no longer necessary there
[02:10.38]No spirits
[02:11.82]No bilgewater
[02:13.94]And 80 dry locals
[02:19.42]And the high noon sun
[02:23.09]Beats a hundred and four
[02:28.33]There''''s a hummingbird
[02:31.70]Trapped in a closed
[02:32.92]Down shoe store
[02:35.10]
[02:44.55]This tiny victorian rhubarb
[02:48.07]Kept the watering hole open
[02:50.33]For sixty five years
[02:52.49]
[03:00.35]Now it''''s boilin''''
[03:02.00]In a miserable march 21 st
[03:08.90]Wrapped the hills in a blanket
[03:12.71]Of patterson''''s curse
[03:15.44]
[03:18.22]The train smokes
[03:19.68]Down the xylophone
[03:21.68]There''''ll be no stopping here
[03:27.08]All ya can be is thirsty
[03:30.67]n a town with no cheer
[03:36.04]No bourbon, no branchwater
[03:39.63]Though the townspeople here
[03:43.07]Fought her vic rail
[03:45.01]Decree tooth and nail
[03:48.43]
[03:52.08]Now it''''s boilin''''
[03:53.96]In a miserable march 21 st
[03:56.10]Wrapped the hills
[03:59.53]In a blanket of patterson''''s curse
[04:05.20]
[04:08.68]The train smokes
[04:09.89]Down the xylophone
[04:10.89]There''''ll be no stopping here
[04:17.44]All ya can be is thirsty
[04:21.01]In a town with no cheer