I'm going back to Melbourne
'Cause there's something in the water there
The scorchin' heat come January
Winters hit, nobody cares
I'm going back to Melbourne
I miss the smell of eucalyptus trees
And everybody's in a band
Sound a bit like The Dirty Three
I'm going back to Melbourne
But my house is now a hip café
And all the sidewalks have been cleaned up
Everybody's moved away
So I went back a year ago
I felt nostalgia in my bones
Took a seat on Greville Street
When I got the call from home
Now I'm stuck in Melbourne
With a suitcase and a heavy heart
Who knows if I'll return again?
Perhaps we're meant to be apart
Thinking all about the place
Where I was born, I could have stayed
Where all the sidewalks have been cleaned up
Everybody's moved away
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