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[Verse 1]
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My Dad drove a rig on the north-coast run,
And we'd go along for the ride, me and mum,
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But most of the time we were home just a-waitin' for dad.
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He'd pull in the yard, make the engine roar,
Blast the horn as he slammed the door,
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And we'd hear that old country music turned up loud.
[Verse 2]
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When he first heard the song about lights on the hill,
He played it non stop and he loved it still,
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He told me it happens on the highway all of the time.
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He said if ever I run into the old S.D,
I'm gonna tell him a few things that's happened to me,
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Cause there might be a song in this old life of mine!
[Bridge]
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So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad,
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About all the tapes and records he had,
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Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.
[Chorus]
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When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside,
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died,
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That song was the one that he heard the last.
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You would never believe it could happen to you,
But that's the one time it really came true,
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And lights on the hill,
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Was one truckies epitaph,
[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
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So I thought id drop a line, to tell your dad,
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About all the tapes and records he had,
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Cause he won't be around anymore to meet the old S.D.
[Chorus]
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When they pulled him from the wreck by the riverside,
Lights on the hill was playin' when he died,
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That song was the one that he heard the last.
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You would never believe it could happen to you,
But that's the one time it really came true,
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And lights on the hill,
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Was one truckies epitaph,
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Yeah, lights on the hill,
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Was one truckies epitaph
