We were only seventeen, summer nights and faded jeans, down in Adelaide

Sandy hair and windy days, hazel eyes and cabernet, down in Adelaide

Falling rain like tambourines, sleepless nights through windy seas, down in Adelaide

A kiss goodbye and suddenly, I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. She's a world away

Oh, it's nine thousand nine hundred fifty seven miles away

And if she just picked up the phone I'd be on a plane

And I'd fly like the wind if I could fall into her arms again

But it's tough, 'cause I'm in love and she's in Adelaide

I haven't seen her for a year, 'cause I'm in this northern hemisphere, and she's in Adelaide

She had to stay, I had to go, now she's in summer, I'm in snow, a world away

And oh, it's nine thousand nine hundred fifty seven miles away

Where I fell in love with a girl, now I'm a world away

She never picked up the phone, now I'm alone

And it's tough, 'cause I'm in love and she's in Adelaide

And oh, it's nine thousand nine hundred fifty seven miles away

And if she just picked up the phone I'd be on a plane

And I'd fly like the wind if I could fall into her arms again

But it's tough, 'cause I'm in love and she's in Adelaide

We were only seventeen, summer nights and faded jeans, down in Adelaide