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Walking down the main streetOf the town where I was bornLooking at these things I've seenSo many times beforeI take deep breath, smileAnd kick a stone along the groundBeen so long, since I've been aroundWell there's comfort in the wayThat everything still looks the samePeople that I bump intoThey call me by my nameIt almost feels as though I neverEven left this townBeen so long, since I've been aroundAnd my girlfriend, she lived on Horton StreetMan, was she a sightSometimes I would sneak into her bedroomLate at nightAnd now she's not thereI'm told her family long since left the townBeen so long, since I've been aroundYeah many of my friendsThey found some place they'd rather beSongtexteBut I still know one good mateShe gonna keep me companyWell I think I'm gonna call her upWe'll go and paint the townBeen so long, since I've been aroundI stopped on by her placeYears ago I knew her wellLet's go drink to old times at the Adelaide HotelBut she said it's twenty years nowSince they shut that old pub downBeen so long, since I've been aroundYeah but the hospital's still standingDown by the river shoreThat's the place where I took my first breathSo many years beforeI take a deep breath nowAnd feel my chest begin to poundBeen so long, since I've been aroundNow I'm lying by the riverFeeling lazy in the shadeChildren shout and splash aboutIn water where I playedAnd I'm thinking I could stay a whileMaybe settle downBeen so long, since I've been around Aus Songtexte Mania