Slim Dusty
Slim Dusty - Something In The Pilliga lyrics
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[Spoken] This story was told to me by a mate and he was still shakin' after 20 years Well that's what he told me anyway. I was drivin' through the Pilliga gettin' tired of the road Pulled over for a breather stretch my legs and check the load It was gettin' close to sundown been away near on a week When I pulled into this campsite on the banks of Toolie creek Well I walked around the trailer the bush was pretty still Checkin' ropes and kickin' tyres the night air had a chill I was climbin' in the cabin when I thought I heard a moan And I got this sudden feeling that I wasn't on my own Oh there's somethin' in the Pilliga I've heard old timers say There's some won't even camp there some never go that way And if you listen to their stories they'll make yer skin just crawl Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all Well I put it down to maybe the wind blowin' in the trees Completely disregarding shaky feelings in my knees I was climbin' in the camper 40 winks was all I'd take When I felt the cabin shakin' I was really wide awake Oh I grabbed the tyre lever out from underneath the seat I was creepin' round the bullbar out roared this awful sound And my hair was standin' straight up I was frozen to the ground Hey there's somethin' in the Pilliga I've heard old timers say There's some won't even camp there some never go that way And if you listen to their stories they'll make yer skin just crawl Some may offer their opinion and some never talk at all Then this thing came chargin' for me it was all of 10 feet high With hair all covered over murder in its devils eyes And I must have started screamin' like a banshee in full flight For it roared and grunted somethin' and then vanished in the night When finally I woke up I was lyin' on the ground In an eerie kind of stillness nothin' moved or made a sound Both my eyes were big as saucers still seein' in my mind That primeval apparition red eyes burning into mine Oh there's somethin' in the Pilliga I've it rant and roar And my nerves were shot to pieces rememberin' what I saw It was big and it was hairy its perfume really reeked Yeah there's somethin' in the Pilliga mate on the banks of Toolie creek Let it stay there in the Pilliga on the banks of Toolie creek