Paul Kelly - Leaps And Bounds Lyrics






I'm high on the hill
Looking over the bridge
To the M.C.G.
And way up on high
The clock on the silo
Says eleven degrees

I remember I remember
I'm breathing today
The month of May
All the burning leaves
I'm not hearing a sound
My feet don't even
Touch the ground

I remember I remember
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds

Down past the river
And across the playing fields
The fields all empty
Only for the burning leaves

I remember I remember
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds

I'm high on the hill
Looking over the bridge
To the M.C.G.
I'm stumblin' around
My feet don't even
Touch the ground

I remember I remember
I remember I remember
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds
I go leaps and bounds

I remember I remember
I remember I remember

I remember I remember
I remember everything





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  1. D.... B....

    And so you should the fires are of great concern to me just saw bradman video whoops he is enough to make any body proud to be from oz and you have pk

  2. Q.... R....

    VB any one?

  3. a.... s....

    This one's for you Deano 😍 att

  4. A.... L....

    Crikes, it looks like there is no hand railing on most of that level they are standing on at Nylex silo.

    A.... L....

    Aaron Loffel probably wasn’t back then... didn’t have the same laws about safety back then I imagine. Imagine having to be up there trying to film it lol. No thanks I’ll stay on the ground 🤣

  5. M.... C....

    The poet of a generation

  6. P.... H....

    As a Melbournian this song sends shivers down my spine.

  7. D.... L....

    Goosebumps So proud to be Australian 👍🏼

  8. J.... G....

    what a song

  9. J.... G....

    what a song

  10. D.... M....

    I'm from Sydney... but I love Melbourne as well it's awesome.

  11. s.... ....

    Somehow I heard this amazing song in America, round about when it was released. It must have been on college radio, but for the life of me I can't remember how. He was virtually unknown over here. I then had to figure out how to get the record. I finally found the single at an indy record store somewhere in Greenwich Village. I played the hell out of it. What a great tune!

    s.... ....

    superreverbking ive never heard of this in america

  12. T.... C....

    I have to admit, I've been a music snob. Passing over Paul Kelly for the likes of Nick Cave. At 41 I'm only just coming around to Kelly now. There is something really magical about this song! It's been on repeat! I'm never going to look at those old silos the same way again.

  13. G.... G....

    This makes me feel so nostalgic I almost want to spew.

  14. g.... l....

    Here's our Canadian cover...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba-Bkk0-a7w

  15. a.... ....

    This should have been the official song for the VFL back in the day.

  16. B.... M....

    27c @ 11.30am, it ain’t winter. Melbourne you’ve been good to me butt!!! From St Kilda to Kings Cross is 15 hrs on a bus,and then 20mins to Bondi or another 5 or 10 to Tamarama or Bronte. I know which I preferred.Now I gotta travel 17 hrs to the Central Coast.PARADISE!

  17. D.... S....

    Remember watching these videos late at night.

  18. _.... ....

    Now nylex is nothing but an urban hotspot/place for fires...sad really

  19. C.... ....

    Its the only song I can think of, certainly the best that captures that feeling of growing up in Melbourne, How important that Nylex sign was pre the clocks being installed at Richmond Station or just walking to the MCG. Its a song I don't think anyone else would quite get unless you're Melburnian.

    C.... ....

    yes I agree

    C.... ....

    No. I get it. This is one great song and I feel 40 years younger every time I play it. Maybe its because I've been to Melbourne many times and love the place, and I'm a Kiwi.

  20. C.... S....

    It was 1992.  I was 14.  Walking up Punt Rd looking across to the floodlit MCG on my way to see the Pies and Blues.  I can't remember ever being that excited.  I know what he means when he says "my feet don't even touch the ground".

    C.... S....

    Go Blues !!

    C.... S....

    Go Pies!!!

  21. J.... S....

    Paul Kelly is one of the most underrated artists of all time

    J.... S....

    Who said that?

  22. R.... P....

    Living in Thailand and loving being able to watch this iconic song. Love Melbourne, the MCG and the Nylex clock. Where I live not many people speak English but I am playing this and AC/DC It’s a long way to the top, loud and proud 😎

  23. m.... f....

    What a song 😍🤗🤗🤗🤗

  24. j.... m....

    When I listen to Paul Kelly, I'm proud to be Australian.

    j.... m....

    My oath !!

    j.... m....

    You Australians be having the best artists and bands.

    j.... m....

    One of the Top 10 All-time Australian cuts IMO, and I'm not a huge Kelly fan (Paul or Ned).
    Can't have been a Worksafe - approved worksite on that video shoot.....safety rails? Unions ...... where were you?

    j.... m....

    @wotzupdoc1 mate Ned Kelly is a bloody legend

    j.... m....

    Godd show - shouting him if ever see him in pub

    Many Aus can say this about but he's a trooper

  25. H.... T....

    Loved this whole album !

  26. f.... ....

    I have an American and have visited Melbourne twice, and I would love to move there!

    f.... ....

    fiveandtwoball if you did move there you would have to get used to calling a pickup truck an Ute

    because they don't consider them trucks

  27. P.... B....

    The song that called me home when I was stuck up in Townsville in a hopeless relationship on the verge of suicide this song came on the radio then it all clicked I had too come I love Melbourne and it'll forever be my home

    P.... B....

    Good on you mate hope you are better now. Bloody great track.

    P.... B....

    Good on you mate, but understand this song is an aussie anthem, not just

  28. R.... P....

    Love this tune. That guitar solo half way through is fkn brilliant too.

    R.... P....

    Proud to say that solo was played by my brother Steve Connolly. He would have turned 61 today (Jan 3, 2020). RIP big bro, love you.

  29. A.... B....

    Love this song also Melbourne city scape before all those ugly high rise buildings, look at all the industry then, many gone now

  30. M.... ....

    What hill at the MCG?

    M.... ....

    MikeFromOz have a look think they mean batman hill refer http://www.mcg.org.au/the-stadium/mcg-history/in-the-beginning

    M.... ....

    The old bay 13.

    M.... ....

    It's definitely not Bay 13, how can you look at the MCG when you are in the MCG? It's not Bateman Hill as that's where Spencer St station basically is, over the other side of the CBD. Would have to be a monster hill to see the MCG from there. No, it's Punt Road Hill, basically the area around the intersection of Punt Rd and Domain Rd, just south of the Yarra and east of the Bot Gardens. From parts of Anderson St you can see the MCG, the same from houses/flats in the part just east of Punt Rd.

  31. h.... ....

    Love this song, love this city! Awesome!

  32. m.... ....

    @sirocknroll There always was... but it seemed to be unavailable on youtube! x