Hunters & Collectors - Towtruck Lyrics






We bought a yellow towtruck
To drive it round and round our neighbourhood
We pass it round
Pass around this plumber's friend
Pass it round
Pass around the plumber's friend
And then we even built a yellow towtruck
And drove it out into the big country
We went way past the Dimazio Line
The distortion was incredible
All of Groper's Fat Gang dressed in sleeveless T-shirts
Whinging, whinging for perfection
Hear them whinging, whinging for perfection
We bought a yellow towtruck
And drove this organ round the big country
We went way past the Dimazio Line
The distortion was incredible
All of Groper's Fat Gang dressed in sleeveless T-shirts
Whinging, they're whinging for perfection
Hear them whinging, hear them whinging for perfection
Generous towtruck
Here it comes
Generous towtruck
We were dancing in a pig marathon
So who's taken my bloody wheelchair?
We got ourselves a stick-book situation here
So we had better phone for the yellow towtruck, hadn't we?
And we had to swab the plumber's fat
We had to hand-crank our way out, we had to hand-crank our way out
But we dragged it all the way out there, and all the way back
We dragged it all the way out there, and all the way...
Back back
Change down you fools!
Change down!
Stop, stop, stop!
That's it, go home!
It's the end of the song!
So go!
Generous towtruck
Here it comes
Generous towtruck





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  1. m.... h....

    massive

  2. P.... C....

    oh yes!

  3. C.... L....

    This wasn't the cover i remember in the US?

  4. C.... L....

    All the good stuff of 80s music

  5. J.... S....

    Looking for this song for long time. Picked up a random Hunters and Collectors cassette out of the discount bin in Sam Goody in '89 never having heard them and this tune was on it. Lost track of the cassette 15 years ago and couldn't ever find the album this was on to replace it. It's a good day. Thanks.

  6. F.... ....

    Brilliant track !!!

  7. J.... R....

    Fantastic song!

  8. T.... R....

    god i used to love to dance to this.

  9. A.... ....

    Cheers! I love this song & such an awesome start and good fun epic - but one thing still puzzles me what exactly is "the DeMazzio line?" Anyone know please?

    A.... ....

    "DiMarzio"is a manufacturer of guitar and bass pickups.

    A.... ....

    Okay. Cheers thanks for that.

    A.... ....

    I had always presumed that it's a play on words with Di Marzio pickups and the Maginot Line

  10. G.... E....

    We went way past the Dimazio Line
    The distortion was incredible
    All of Groper's Fat Gang dressed in sleeveless T-shirts
    Whinging, whinging for perfection
    Hear them whinging, whinging for perfection!

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    G.... E....

    Is it "Whinging"?  I always assumed it was "Winching", since it's titled "Towtruck", and towtrucks have winches...but a lot of Aussie idioms are unknown to us Yanks.  Still, there will (hopefully) always be MacArthur's "consangunitiy of race".

  11. T.... V....

    Saw a towtruck for a truck last week and searched for this song. Thnx for putting it online!! Had it on cassette and bad song if you drive middle night over dirtroads home after visiting friend.... Window open all 4 lights on. Mad driving and never had a speedticket... -=_=-

  12. p.... l....

    circa what year ?

    p.... l....

    +pete lawrie the song is off an EP called payload recorded in 1982 I think

  13. J.... E....

    It seems as though the first release by H&C on A&M records was never reissued on CD.It was a collection of their early work compiled on one LP.I would love to have it on CD!

  14. M.... M....

    Thank you so much for posting this!  I have it on cassette and it's just about non-playable now.  Soul-stirring music!

  15. M.... M....

    This song, "Talking to a Stranger" and "Droptank" define Australia in my yank mind....raw, open, wild, rough, visceral, real....of course, that's just my dream of it, it's probably overrun with wogs now just like US!  Hunnas (early Hunnas) is where I go when I need to feel alive!

    M.... M....

    Mad Mux
    I love droptank.

  16. e.... ....

    I bloody love this track!

  17. M.... D....

    As a H&C fan from way back when this song really does it for me! Builds and Builds......

  18. I.... S....

    This was always one of their outstanding tracks and yet gets very little attention...'cept from me!! The build up is colossal!!! Early Hunnas were sensational. Bring back the gas cylinder!!

    I.... S....

    Agreed. Love this song.

    I.... S....

    yes it is colossal. it's epic.

  19. D.... H....

    One of my few fond 80s memories.

  20. E.... ....

    THAAAAANNNK YOOOUUUUU!!!!!!!  Seriously, I've been looking for this - awesome!

    E.... ....

    Fuck Yeah!