The Ghan

I've got a ticket if you've got the time
Take a little trip on the narrow gauge line
Time's a runnin' out, better do it while you can
Come along with me and take a trip on the Ghan

We're leaving Port Augusta for the sunshine
We're heading north to see what we can find
It's just a dream to leave it all behind me
It's something that's been always on my mind

Lizard in the sun, emu on the plain
In the shimmering tracks of the quarter mile train
Camel in the distance seen it all before
And the dream time legends, like the cockatoos, soar

We're crossing Oodnadatta for The Alice
Finke River rising, we'll be here all day
So it's tea and biscuits 'round the old goanna
While story tellers pass the time away

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I've got a ticket if you've got the time
Take a little trip on the narrow gauge line
Time's a runnin' out, better do it while you can
Come along with me and take a trip on the Ghan

It's just a legend, now the rails are empty
It's come and gone, like the Northern summer rain
A photograph is all the old girl left me
But the memory of the quarter mile train remains

Rob Fairbairn 1983
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