Shimmer Through the Windscreen

SHIMMER THROUGH THE WINDSCREEN

Well the South Pacific Ocean

It’s not so gentle on the shoreline

As the waves crash in like meteors

I met an old man by a caravan

Asked if he had the time

Well the doctor said six months

But for now it’s twenty five past four

He said I once lived in the city

Working morning till the night fell

I paid the bank and I kept my front yard clean

But I packed that in and hit the road

To watch Australia shimmer through the windscreen

The Murrumbidgee river

Makes it’s way down from the highlands

Like a black snake in the spring time

The wattles bloom like lanterns

Drifting in the hot winds

That keep cutting across these southern skies

I come through every year or so

And drive on through these small towns

Where the old boys play out there weekend scenes

And between the dust and the pickup trucks

I watch Australia shimmer through the windscreen

The further I go

The less that I know

But the more of this world starts to feel like home

The more that I see

The less that I need

Oh but the harder it gets to leave

The west Macdonald Ranges

They are dancing in the headlights

After a couple desert days spent

I’ll make Alice Springs by midnight

The rearview dipped in red dirt

These clothes smell like a campfire

But I’ve stumbled onto that feeling

I’ve been searching for for my whole life

See I’ve been around the world now

Seen the moon from different places

I lost my mind and I lived some childhood dreams

But there’s nothing like a star filled night

To watch Australia shimmer through the windscreen

Yeah there’s nothing like a star filled night

To watch Australia shimmer through the windscreen