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Which song reminds you of your hometown?
Being a Melbourne gal at heart, it has to be 'From St Kilda to Kings Cross' by Paul Kelly. This dude is a fricken' poet of giant proportions, and every time I hear the line about the Esplanade I get just so incredibly homesick, having lived in the St Kilda area for around 7 years.
From St Kilda to Kings Cross is thirteen hours on a bus
I pressed my face against the glass and watched the white lines rushing past
And all around me felt like all inside me
And my body left me and my soul went running
Have you ever seen Kings Cross when the rain is falling soft?
I came in on the evening bus, from Oxford Street I cut across
And if the rain don't fall too hard everything shines
Just like a postcard
Everything goes on just the same
Fair-weather friends are the hungriest friends
I keep my mouth well shut, I cross their open hands
I want to see the sun go down from St Kilda Esplanade
Where the beach needs reconstruction, where the palm trees have it hard
I'd give you all of Sydney harbour (all that land, all that water)
For that one sweet promenade
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Last edited by Ella; 07-17-2004 at 06:11 AM..
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