Walking down the main street of this town where I was born
Looking at the things I?ve seen so many times before
I take a deep breath, smile and kick a stone along the ground
Been so long since I?ve been around
There's comfort in the way that everything still looks the same,
and people that I bump into they call me by my name,
It almost feels as though I never even left this town
Been so long since I?ve been around
And My girlfriend she lived on Hawdon St - man was she a sight,
Sometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night,
Now she's not there - I'm told her family long since left the town,
Been so long since I?ve been around
Yeah Many of my friends they found some other place they'd rather be
But I still now of one good mate shes gunna keep me company
But I think I?m gonna call her up, we'll go and paint the town,
Been so long since I?ve been around (Middle)
I stopped on by her place, years ago I knew her well
"lets go drink to old times at the Adelaide hotel'
She said its twenty years now since they shut that old pub down
Been so long since I?ve been around
Yeah But the hospital's still standing, down over by the river shore
That's the place where I took my first breath, so many years before
I take a deep breath now and feel my chest begin to pound
Been so long since I?ve been around (middle)
Now I'm lying by the river feeling lazy in the shade
Children shout and splash about in water where I played
And I'm thinking I could stay a while, maybe settle down,
Been so long since I?ve been around (outro)