[ Featuring The Pieces Fit ]
A secret life of Melbourne's founder
No secret anymore
Final footsteps they got louder
Now their feet are sore
And if that pity isn't pity enough
The best was coming yet
They gave his name to the big new bridge
Now we can't forget
I drive a truck out of Karoola town
Every morning out to Birralee Ridge
I follow Kanamaluka down
And back up Illawarra's edge
I take the long way around
I don't ever go Batman Bridge
40 mile long through field and gully
A river needed crossing, people in a hurry
Honorable gentlemen arranged the money
To get them to the other side
Engineers had to put their thinking caps on
A footing to the west was the only sound one
A single tower cable stay got the job the done
Back slapping all around
I drive a truck out of Karoola town
Every morning out to Birralee Ridge
I follow Kanamaluka down
And back up Illawarra's edge
I take the long way around
I don't ever go Batman Bridge
And I dream at night
Leaning frame in light
Ties pulled tight
Ever holding sway
The B73 is smooth, no pots
Would save me 20 minutes but so what?
A little time to think a lot
A lot on my mind
After all those years why give it his name?
What was the point, what does it say
About how far we are along the way?
I drive a truck out of Karoola town
Every morning out to Birralee Ridge
I follow Kanamaluka down
And back up Illawarra's edge
I take the long way around
I don't ever go Batman Bridge
