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The Only Way

Slim Dusty
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I've seen the sights of Nashville Walked the streets of old LA Hung on to this old felt hat For fear she'd blow away But when I finally stepped Aboard that flying kangaroo I said old maid steer her straight back home To my friends real soon 'Cause I play guitar with a pick and strum Slip in a few old country runs But my critics claim I play it with my feet You know back in the 40's to survive You were supposed to sound like those other guys But that didn't go down back home in Gullah Creek Oh they said do this and they said do that So I turned down my old felt hat And with my collar turned up And my sideburns growing wild I rolled my own and I didn't care I must have been a dinky dive bush lair And that's the way I hit that country mile In my Williams boots and a Koobra hat I reckon that I'm dressed pretty flash And moleskins are never out of style From 50's rock to Gidgee coal I give it straight right from the soul And that's the only way to walk that country mile, hey I've never been into that social scene Of never ever saying what you mean And French champagne to me tastes terribly vile Give me some mates and a barbecue Some old bush music and a beer or two And that's the only way to walk that country mile Oh I've seen some changes down the line Times are changing all the time And the attitude today don't make me smile Oh the old straight ways are bent and curled We're being swamped from the outside world So let's hang on to that old time country mile In my Williams boots and a Koobra hat I reckon that I'm dressed pretty flash And moleskins are never out of style From 50's rock to Gidgee coal I give it straight right from the sole And that's the only way to walk that country mile Yeah, my Williams boots and a Koobra hat I reckon that I'm dressed pretty flash And moleskins are never out of style Oh I've always done it my own damn way I'll be doing that till my dying day And that's the way I walk that country mile Yes I've told ya, the only way to walk that country mile Hey