Since I`ve Been Around — текст песни (The Waifs)

Walking down the main street of the town where I was born
Looking at these 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
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

My girlfriend lived on Hawdon Street – 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 found some other place they`d rather be
But I still know of one good mate, she gonna keep me company
I think I`ll gonna call her up, we`ll go and paint the town
Been so long, since I`ve been around

I stopped on by her place, years ago I knew her well
�Let`s go drink to old times at the Adelaide Hotel`
She said it`s 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

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