Waifs - Since I've Been Around lyrics

rate me

Walking down the main street of the town where I was born<br />

Looking at these things I’ve seen so many times before<br />

I take a deep breath, smile and kick a stone along the ground<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

There’s comfort in the way that everything still looks the same<br />

People that I bump into; they call me by my name<br />

It almost feels as though I never even left this town<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

My girlfriend lived on Hawdon Street – man was she a sight<br />

Sometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night<br />

Now she’s not there – I’m told her family long since left the town<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

Yeah many of my friends found some other place they’d rather be<br />

But I still know of one good mate, she gonna keep me company<br />

I think I’ll gonna call her up, we’ll go and paint the town<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

I stopped on by her place, years ago I knew her well<br />

‘Let’s go drink to old times at the Adelaide Hotel’<br />

She said it’s twenty years now since they shut that old pub down<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

Yeah but the hospital’s still standing, down over by the river shore<br />

That’s the place where I took my first breath, so many years before<br />

I take a deep breath now and feel my chest begin to pound<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around<br />

<br />

Now I’m lying by the river feeling lazy in the shade<br />

Children shout and splash about in water where I played<br />

And I’m thinking I could stay a while, maybe settle down<br />

Been so long, since I’ve been around