《Big River》歌词

[00:00:01] Big River - Weddings Parties Anything

[00:00:04] He came up from the country looking for a job of work

[00:00:09] He came from a town that died a slow hard death

[00:00:15] And when the train pulled into Spencer Street he was fast asleep

[00:00:22] He opened one eye and he took a long deep breath

[00:00:29] On the first day he was dazed by the noise and by the bustle

[00:00:36] He sat in the square and tried so hard to think

[00:00:43] Found a cheap hotel and booked himself a room all damp and shabby

[00:00:50] He sat in the bar he bought himself a drink

[00:00:56] He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea

[00:01:05] Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me "

[00:01:17] He rose early on the second day

[00:01:21] And watched the dirty struggle of the dawn

[00:01:26] To rise above the smoke and haze

[00:01:31] And armed with a map he made his way from factory to foundry

[00:01:37] Joined the queues of the unskilled labourers

[00:01:44] Then an old man came shook his hand

[00:01:48] Sat right there beside him

[00:01:51] And he heard the tale of rural poverty

[00:01:58] Shook his head and with a tear he said

[00:02:02] "All that you have told me

[00:02:05] Is like having my own story told to me "

[00:02:11] He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea

[00:02:20] Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me "

[00:02:40] Drinking harder every night

[00:02:43] He made himself keep searching

[00:02:46] Till he found he could not rise to greet the day

[00:02:52] And he lay behind a vale of tears on the Yarra bank that morning

[00:02:59] And he wondered how the hell things got this way

[00:03:07] Late that night he stumbled from an inner city bar

[00:03:13] Barely conscious down the alley he did sway

[00:03:20] And they beat him they sank the boot in

[00:03:23] And they took his last four dollars

[00:03:27] Left him dying in the dawn it was Saturday

[00:03:35] He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea

[00:03:42] Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me "

[00:03:49] Flow river flow flow to the sea

[00:03:55] Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me

[00:04:02] Flow river flow oh flow on to the sea

[00:04:09] Flow on big river bring my dreams bring them home to me