Since I've Been Around Lyrics by Waifs

Since I've Been Around

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