New Settlement Road The Beasts Of Briar Park lyrics

Raised on the mountains and skid trails
Oh canopy
Come down from your catbird seat
Consigned to the back of this prime moving beast
Are the fruits of our labour, in trees
What am I to do?
What am I to do?
I must put food on the table
Oh, tangle haired sister
I've a family to feed

Oh, it's a lonely morning
Here in the dark wood
Born by the smell of diesel and the beasts of Briar Park

I picture you sister
Of splinter and blister
Unashamedly chained to the wheel

Such an ironic gesture
No one had guessed
It was just how we fellers all feel
Oh irony
Oh irony
I shook down that highway
Lumber aboard
With my conscience, I dare to compete

Low down in the valley
Smell the leaves of the river gum
Oh, I remember how the breeze helped the river flow on
Down in the valley
Nothin' bleeds like a river gum
Oh, I surrender to the vacant skies above