Benjamin John - Kauri Lane

Lyrics: Down Kauri Lane where the streetlights hum Kids on old bikes and chewing gum Bare feet burning on the summer seal Racing to the dairy for a two-dollar deal Mums yelling names when the sun dipped low Cricket in the cul-de-sac after the TV show School bags dumped by the front porch rail Dreaming of escape from our little hometown jail We thought the road would never end Thought we'd always be the same best friends But the years rolled on like the Nor’west sky One by one we learned goodbye Some chased cities, some stayed home Some crossed oceans all alone And every now and then when the cold wind blows I still see those kids in oversized clothes Laughing loud under those old street lights Before life split us into separate lives Friday nights by the rugby grounds Cheap speakers shaking with familiar sounds First heartbreaks and first cheap beers Talking big like we had endless years Jess went north to Auckland town Mikey joined the army and hardly comes round Tama’s got a farm just out by the plains And Emma writes songs on Wellington trains Funny how a street can hold your past Even when the moment never lasts Cause the years rolled on like the Nor’west sky One by one we learned goodbye Some chased cities, some stayed home Some crossed oceans all alone And every now and then when the cold wind blows I still see those kids in oversized clothes Laughing loud under those old street lights Before life split us into separate lives Now the houses look smaller somehow The trees we climbed still standing proud And if you drive through late at night You can almost hear our younger lives- Yeah the years rolled on!