Thursday, Feb 23, 2006 at 11:08
Willie, like this ?
He wandered west along the track
He wandered west at last
He didnt stop to draw a breath
Till
Boulia was passed.
The Plenty had its name just right
Plenty of corros and plenty of fight
But he didn't stop till a tyre went down
Just 70K from Alice Town
The tyre was fixed the very next day
Can you imagine what he had to say
When just 50K north of Alice Town
Another bloody tyre went down
He was getting tired and so he went
another 400k before he was spent
he had no spare
A minor matter
For the rain on the roof
Had begun to splatter
And it rained and rained
for 3 days and the night
was a black wet mire
and he still had to fight
the tube in that tyre
The tracks turned to lakes
And bottomless mud
The skaterink was full
Of slippery crud
When the rain stopped
he thought he'd be tough
But 60 k on he'd had quite enough
The knee and the finger were giving him hell
Each gear change he made
had become a small yell
So he turned and came east
Twas the best thing to do
You would of done that
If you were there too
And he wrestled the wheel for that 400K
Just wishing the corros would go right away
His head on the roof
Was saved by the belt
It was numerous times
And you know how he felt
Almost drownding in lakes
The
suspension must crack
A long time before
The old Tanami Track
But he's back now and healthy
Or so it would seem
And he's writing up poems
To let off some steam
But there's something I know
That when shove comes to push
He brought back the body.......
But the mind's in the bush.
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