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This Is Home

from Free Country by Ben Mitchell

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The walkabout spirit is contagious. The desire to roam deep-rooted in the Australian psyche. And if you’re lucky enough to grow up in the lucky country you’ll likely have spent countless hours gazing out from the back seat of your family car at the ever changing, ever constant landscape. But wherever you go you’ll always know, this is home.

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This Is Home by Ben Mitchell © 2022

I grew up in Melbourne on the outskirts of town
Where my first love and my last was found
And I began my journey to be a man

I grew up in Perth even before that
Where I learnt to surf and hold a cricket bat
And even ride a bike—which I still can

I grew up in Ballarat where I saw snow first
I had two more brothers but they died at birth
Once I took Mum back to see where they lay

I grew up in Toowoomba on holidays
Grandma’s lamingtons she made for days
I called Grandpa ‘Grunka’ ‘cause that’s all I could say

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I grew up in cars and planes and trains leaving the station
I grew up in this land of many nations

I grew up in Adelaide where I first heard ABBA
At a holiday park on a jukebox they had there
Driving home with Elvis and Olivia Newton John

I grew up in Sydney where my brother was born
We used to punch up like it was a bloody war
But we survived and now we really get on

I grew up in Brisbane where I had a job
I tended to move around wherever work was
Drifting over land from shore to shore

I grew up in Broome, my nephew on my knee
Out of everywhere and everything I’ve ever seen
That was the place taught me about family

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And I grew up to know, wherever I roam
I grew up to know, this is home, this is home

I grew up in Hobart where I first heard the blues
In a way that said to me, “You can play this too”
And I was closer than ever before to being a man

I grew up in Canberra where I did a gig
Driving ten hours just to get to it, wasn’t bad
Can’t say I’d do it again

I grew up in Alice where I touched the rock
Felt something return I didn’t know I’d lost
Kind of like meeting up with a dear old friend

I grew up in Byron where we all moved
To live by the ocean somewhere with a view
Back to the heart and hills of this fair land

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And I grew up to know, wherever I roam
I grew up to know, this is home, this is home

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from Free Country, released September 21, 2022

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Ben Mitchell Byron Bay, Australia

Thanks for dropping by. Ben Mitchell is my name, writing songs, singing and playing is my game. Country, blues, alt-country, folk, Australiana, and indie pop. My NEW album, 'Free Country' is out NOW. Maybe it's time for a new genre 'Australiana Americana'? ... more

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