Paul Kelly - Adelaide Lyrics
The wisteria on the back verandah is still blooming
And all the great aunts are either insane or dead
Kensington Road runs straight for a while before turning
We lived on the bend; it was there I was raised and fed
Counting and running as I go
In Adelaide, Adelaide
Dad's hands used to shake but I never knew he was dying
I was thirteen, I never dreamed he could fall
And all the great aunts were red in the eyes from crying
I rang the bells, I never felt nothing at all
All the king's horses, all the king's men
Cannot bring him back again
Find me a bar or a girl or guitar, now where do you go on a Saturday night?
And the streets are so wide, everybody's inside
Sitting in the same chairs they were sitting in last year
(This is my town!)
All the king's horses, all the king's men
Wouldn't drag me back again
To Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide
Other Lyrics by Artist
- Paul Kelly - Feelings Of Grief
- Paul Kelly - Big Fine Girl
- Paul Kelly - Young Lovers
- Paul Kelly - King Of Fools
- Paul Kelly - Curly Red
- Paul Kelly - My Way Is To You
- Paul Kelly - You Broke A Beautiful Thing
- Paul Kelly - Your Lovin' Is On My Mind
- Paul Kelly - Forty Eight Angels
- Paul Kelly - Little Bit O'sugar
- Paul Kelly - Nothing But A Dream
- Paul Kelly - Can't Help You Now
- Paul Kelly - To Be Good Takes A Long Time (To Be Bad No Time At All)
- Paul Kelly - Sure Got Me (Where You Want Me)
- Paul Kelly - Crying Shame
- Paul Kelly - Beautiful Feeling
- Paul Kelly - These Are The Days
- Paul Kelly - Won't You Come Around
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- LeAnn Rimes - White Christmas
- LeAnn Rimes - How Do I Live (Re-Imagined)
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Paul Kelly Adelaide Comments
Originally included on album "Post" (1985) great tune.
You grew up here. What a sledge college boy!
One of his very best
Such a great song!