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The road from Port Douglas to Cairns is called the Great Barrier Reef Drive and it is possibly the most iconic motor cycle ride on the planet. So imagine, after a series of accidents and coming through a long period of recovery, the joy of climbing upon your Harley Davidson motor cycle and making that long awaited ride along the iconic highway that hugs the coastline of the blue Coral Sea.

This song is for my friend and restless gypsy, Michael Gabour, who with his wife Helen, has dedicated his life to that special part of Australia that I love to visit each year. Good onya mate!

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Pull back the dust sheet,
And I’m ready to meet,
An old friend of mine.
As black as the night,
Gear shift set on the right
She tells me this is the time.
Nearly blind in one eye,
And my body may break,
But I’m just too young to die.
So I pull back the clutch,
Kick back the gears,
Pile on the revs,
Pile on the revs,
Out on the road,
On to the road and ride!

I roar out of town
On the road southbound,
It feels so good to be free.
On the Mowbray straight
Where the Cairns cops wait,
I’ll ease down to three.
My baby screams
I slip into four,
It’s time for the thrills and the fear.
One hundred again,
At the start of the range;
Around Yule Point
I never look back,
No you never look back,
Lean into the bend and ride!

At the top of the Rex
I take in the view,
Across the blue Coral Sea.
The road hugs the land
Above the rocks and the sand,
There’s no place that I’d rather be!
I ride the highway of life
With my pretty blonde wife,
She tames the restless gypsy in me.
So pull back the clutch,
Kick back the gears,
Pile on the revs,
Yeah, pile on the revs,
Back on to the road,
On to the road and ride!

Lyrics & Music by G C Tolley
© G C Tolley - 2017
® New Tradition Music - 2017

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from ABYSSINIA (Album), released October 9, 2017
Garrington T. Jones: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar.
Carol Lee Sampson: Backing Vocals.
Noor Ali: Electric Guitar.
Dave Draper: Bass Guitar.
Rick A’Mortis: Drums.

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Garrington T Jones England, UK

Garrington T Jones is a performer and recording artist who gives the art of lyrical storytelling a modern day edge.

Garrington describes himself as a "Rhythm shaker, a riff chaser, a lyric hunter, a song maker and a lover of acoustic Blues, Folk & Roots music. ... more

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