Name: Belly Tanker Blues
Duration: P00H04M18S
Description: Recorded at Pie Street Studios in Brisbane, 2010. Produced by the Dead Beat Daddios, mixed by Malcolm McBeath.

Belly Tanker Blues

from Dashboard Elvis by Dead Beat Daddios

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Recorded at Pie Street Studios in Brisbane, 2010. Produced by the Dead Beat Daddios, mixed by Malcolm McBeath.

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Belly Tanker Blues (by J Carden)

A belly tank from a fighter plane
A steering wheel from an old Fairlane
Gear box and motor from a Toyota sedan
Then he became
The Bellytanker Man

Wiping tears of speed from his tight white knuckles
Dashboard Elvis and a Repco buckle
Strapping in his demons in his fire suit
And Dunlop Volley shoes
Right then he got them
Belly Tanker Blues

When you're out on the salt
And there's no-one else to blame
the wheel begins to shudder
Twin pipes begin to flame
Balls to the wall, crusty glasses too
Twin pipes popping, aint no stopping
Belly Tanker Blues

When you're out on the salt
And there's no-one else to blame
the wheel begins to shudder
Twin pipes begin to flame
Balls to the wall, crusty glasses too
Twin pipes popping, aint no stopping
Belly Tanker Blues

Wiping tears of speed from his tight white knuckles
Dashboard Elvis and a Repco buckle
Strapping in his demons in his fire suit
And Dunlop Volley shoes
Right then he got them
Belly Tanker Blues
Right then he got them
Belly Tanker Blues
Balls to the wall
Belly Tanker Blues

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from Dashboard Elvis, track released January 1, 2011
Jim Carden (vocals, drums), Hugh Martin (guitars, background vocals), Malcolm McBeath (bass, background vocals). Written by J Carden

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Dead Beat Daddios Melbourne, Australia

Story songs about love, landscapes, misfits and mistakes, set to tuneful alt-country grooves.

"Great music in the country and kinda-country genres isn’t just for those of us here in the southern states. There are tunes brewing in Brisbane, as the Dead Beat Daddios prove."
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