Blue Hills (In The Distance) - Slim Dusty

It’s morning and we’re gazin' through the window of the Ghan

Rockin' rollin' rollin' out across the timeless land

Winding thru the spinifex and miles of burning sand

With blue hills in the distance

People having breakfast in the comfort of the train

Diesel engine humming as she echos by the range

Building up momentum as we coast across the plains

With blue hills in the distance

Big old red buck kangaroo he stops to sniff the air

Shakes his head and looks about for danger anywhere

Old man emu makes a dash with the youngster in his care

With blue hills in the distance

Hey!

Namajira’s famous gums and ochre coloured plains

Sandy creeks that flow nowhere excepting when it rains

Mulga stands and desert lands that time has never changed

With blue hills in the distance

Willy Willy winds it’s way across the great expanse

Sweeping up the rolly polly in it’s spiral dance, hey

Building up with fury as it winds across the plain

With blue hills in the distance

It’s morning and we’re gazin' through the window of the Ghan

Rockin' rollin' rollin' out across the timeless land

Winding thru the spinifex and miles of burning sand

With blue hills in the distance

With blue hills in the distance