It's hot out here but you tough it out From the back of the channelled country Across the western plains The roads are straight and dusty And the folks are much the same Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town Well fight the dark and end up, like the barky downs Theres a pub an store and not much more, you're living in an old hat town Stock are Rollin in the heat hays, half mile 60 zone Just a rag tag bunch of buildings made of wood and tin and stone Theres a swag with stories, most of them are true Have the locals' pass the hat around and pull each other through Well were out about and drover's, bushies tride and trudies And were out her for the long haul not just blowin through Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town From the back of the channelled country, and across the dusty downs Theres a pub a store and not much more, you're living in an old hat town