Charlestown Road

Mom yelled at us kids to put our toys away

Play games that your sister can play

My brothers learned young they had to do it my way

On Charlestown Road

Cricket in the yard with the family

Playin' underneath that apricot tree

Built a cubby house, just my brother and me

On Charlestown Road

I still remember fallin' asleep each night

To the sound of diesel engines and trucks rollin' by

Do we ever stop missin' our childhood home?

No matter how far or where I roam

I know I won't

Charlestown Road

Had to share a room, just my brother and me

The youngest two in our family

The older boys got to have their own, you see

On Charlestown Road

Catching cicadas in the big gum tree

Hold 'em in your hands and then set 'em free

Lyin' on the branches in the summer breeze

On Charlestown Road

I still remember fallin' asleep each night

To the sound of diesel engines and trucks rollin' by

Do we ever stop missin' our childhood home?

No matter how far or where I roam

I know I won't

Charlestown Road

Mm

So different now I wouldn't recognise

Where the roses grew is now fenced inside

Seems like a memory, like a picture slide

Charlestown Road