[Verse 1]
Red dust on the grille
Sun burned hard on my boots
T909 humming low
With a load bound south of Goulburn
Hilux ute in the yard
She’s my old second hand prize
I swap from steel cab to tray
And I chase that horizon line
[Pre-Chorus]
Mile markers blur
When the heat comes down
I keep both hands firm
On the edge of town
[Chorus]
T909, keep rollin’
T909, I’m home
Out past the black stump
I’m never drivin’ alone
T909, keep rollin’
Through the red dirt glow
Hilux ute back at the shed
But the big rig owns the road (owns the road)
[Verse 2]
At the servo by dawn
Cold pie, paper cup tea
A bloke with sun-cracked hands
Says he knows the life like me
Couple roos on the fence
And a dog at the post
I watch the diesel breathe
Like a song I know the most
[Pre-Chorus]
Mile markers blur
When the heat comes down
I keep both hands firm
On the edge of town
[Chorus]
T909, keep rollin’
T909, I’m home
Out past the black stump
I’m never drivin’ alone
T909, keep rollin’
Through the red dirt glow
Hilux ute back at the shed
But the big rig owns the road (owns the road)
[Bridge]
When the sky goes bruise-blue
And the wind starts to bite
I think of that tin shed
Lit up soft at night
One small ute
One long truck
Same old pride in the blood
Same old dust on the cuffs
[Final Chorus]
T909, keep rollin’
T909, I’m home
Out past the black stump
I’m never drivin’ alone
T909, keep rollin’
Through the red dirt glow
Hilux ute back at the shed
But the big rig owns the road (owns the road)