Lyrics
It must be all of three years now since Billy hit the track
And Jenny with a broken heart has been to hell and back
They say she'll never love again but just the one night stands
For she still holds a candle for that no good truckin' man
Now Jenny runs a diner where she's workin' until late
To catch a glimpse of Billy when he's hauling interstate
And every truck's a Kenworth when she's lookin' for a Mack
And deep down in her heart she knows that Billy won't be back, eh
He's out there somewhere in the night, the flash has come again
She sees him on a mountain road and driving wind and rain
With vision poor and glaring lights and blinded weary eyes
Ah, she prays to God, "Don't let it be the way that Billy died."
Here we go
She watches all the trucks roll in, there's Jim from Gundagai
She watches out for Billy's truck in traffic passing by
And with the roster for the day, the staff are briefed before
Watch out for that big old Mack with pinstripes on the door
She drives out on the slower lane on the highway out of town
And every truck she sees his face, her world is upside down
She parks beside the vacant block, they live there in a van
And remembers how she loved and lost her no good truckin' man, eh
It must be all of three years now since Billy hit the track
And Jenny with a broken heart has been to hell and back
They say she'll never love again but just the one night stands
For she still holds a candle for that no good truckin' man, eh
Yeah, she still holds a candle for that no good truckin' man