Growing up in My Hometown

Growing up in this big world

Take me back to the place where I could run wild

Through the mountaintops

To the flats, chasing rabbits, mischief of a child

Playing superman

Cops and robbers, time's grounded in the prison of my yard

Riding bicycles

Took a jump, I fell off, cut my leg, left a scar

Growing up in my hometown

We ran 'round and around 'til we fell to the ground

Life was good in my hometown

I can still hear the sounds

Take me back to them old days

In the heat, down the river, down the road, by the school

Under the highway bridge

Through the rapids to the deep in the water was our pool

Riding motorbikes

Common land, empty dams, making tracks, going hard

Family barbecues

Food on the table and Dad's drinking rum at the bar

Growing up in my hometown

We ran 'round and around 'til we fell to the ground

Life was good in my hometown

I can still hear the sounds

Of the children running, playing

Sport on Saturday, Sunday praying

Sitting around that old camp fire

Watching movies from video hire

Oh, they were good times

Growing up in my hometown

We ran 'round and around 'til we fell to the ground

Life was good in my hometown

I can still hear the sounds

Growing up in my hometown

We ran 'round and around 'til we fell to the ground

Life was good in my hometown

I can still hear the sounds

Still hear the sounds