Since I've Been Around Lyrics - Brief History - 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 

Take a deep breath, smile, 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 left this town 

Been so long since i've been around 

And my girlfriend she lived on Hawdon Street and man was she a sight 

Sometimes I would sneak into her bedroom late at night 

Now she's not there and i'm told her family long since left that 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 one good mate, she gonna keep me company 

I think i'm gonna call her up, 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 

Said lets go drink to old times at the Adelaide Hotel 

She said its 20 years now since they shut that old Pub down 

Been so long since i've been around 

They've got the hospital 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 

And now i'm lying by the river feeling lazy in the shade 

And children splash and shout about in water where I played 

And i'm thinking I could stay a while or maybe settle down 

Been so long since i've been around