Ironbark Road Lyrics

It’s only rocks and gravel

And sand that you could shovel

With wheel-ruts where a truck once lost its load

But in my mind

I take my time

Down ironbark road

The dark trees stand together

Committed friends forever

Through drought and bushfire

Hard times they have hoed

In furrowed bark

Their scars are stark

On ironbark road

The gentle rain is falling

A currawong is calling

Kangaroo prints beat that path I know

I watch them jump

I hear them thump

Down ironbark road

Deep breaths of gum and wattle

Of damp earth, rich and subtle

You can almost taste the ancient land below

But a pebble skip

Across the top

Is ironbark road

Washed away and winding

The old track keeps on climbing

Onto the ridge where lonely grass-trees grow

See the mountains far

From where you are

On ironbark road

Hear the ocean hummin’

Feel the west wind comin’

Watch the angry evening clouds explode

From high up on

That hill along

Ironbark road

See the colours changing

The restless ocean raging

As sunset takes back the last light it sowed

And I’m left to walk

Walk back in the dark

Down ironbark road