The house that I grew up in doesn't stand there anymore They've pulled down the fibro walls and the big red wooden door And they've built a doctors surgery with a car park at the side And the one that's familiar and the land preoccupied I can still recall the summer and the grass all freshly mown It's the place that I came to when I needed to come home Although I know what home is in my present state and time I remember where I came from what I brought with me and what I left behind The love I knew is gone now faded like a photograph There are times when I see you and there are times I swear I hear you laugh And I had a love who's loved me for a lifetime now it seems And it figures in my days in my thoughts and in my dreams I can still recall the summer with the shadings of my days All in part of who I am the brickbats and bouquets Although I know what home is and I never want to leave I remember where I come from