by Graham Barker and Tony Knivett

Download song:  Great Western Highway Blues - Concrete and Steel audio (.m4a) 11Mb

Barker-Knivett Great West Highway Blues

 

Lyrics

 
Came out of the dream time, these high blue mountains and this sacred land
A vision of the lady nature, so beautiful and so sublime 
A land unchanged right down through the history of time
But some people see the world in a different way
They see highrise towers and six lane highways
 
Some people they got minds of concrete and steel
They're so wound up in their selfish lives that they don't know how to feel your blues
 
You look out of your window, across the valley to the blue horizon
And as you watch the sunset, you see a nightmare vision in your minds eye
Black snake highway, winds and rides its way across the land
Don't want them to get their way, gotta come together and make a stand
 
Some people they got minds made of concrete and steel, they're so wound up in their selfish ways they've forgotten how to feel the blues, Great West Highway Blues.
 
Solo then repeat chorus
 
It doesn't have to happen, it doesn't have to be this way
Got to let the world know what's going on here today
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
You can see their scars across the world too numerous to mention
 
Some people they got minds made of concrete and steel
So wound up in their selfish ways that they've forgotten how to feel your blues
Some people they got minds made of concrete and steel
They're so wound up in their selfish lives they just don't know how to feel the blues. Great West Highway Blues.