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Ol' Brown River

from Leading to Nowhere by Josh Forner

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There's always been
A healthy grin
When you think about
The heart of this town

So reach your thoughts
And gather 'round
As we raise our glasses
To the river brown

Ol' brown river
Don't you hold some dreams
A fate beside the science
So it seems
Ol' brown river
There's things that you bestow
More than this man
Will ever know

Before our landing
Came the spirit man and
He set his life along
The Birrarung

The greenest grass
Turned to concrete paths
Still this river holds
A song that must be sung

Ol' brown river
Don't you flow along the way
From Warburton on to Hobson's Bay
Ol' brown river
The ever-flowing stream
Backdrop to the Melbourne dream

You're filled with clay
And other things, but hey
A true icon you already
Have become
The years still pass
And your legacy; it lasts
Something that your colour overcomes

Ol' brown river
We celebrate your skin
A tribute to the waterway devine
Ol' brown river
Don't you dare go for a swim
As you take a trek
Along the river line

Ol' brown river
Don't you flow along the way
Through Warrandyte and Fairfield
All the way
Ol' brown river
Appreciate this rhyme
For there is still so much
That's left to say

Ol' brown river
We know you're here to say
Keep the mirror to this fine city
Day by day

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from Leading to Nowhere, released May 30, 2013

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Josh Forner Adelaide, Australia

Josh Forner is a two-time Australian Songwriting Contest short-listed artist
originally from Melbourne.

Forner released his first album, the 11 track full-length LP, ‘Leading to
Nowhere,’ in March 2013.

He continues to work towards the creation and release of his
second full-length album, ‘A Crooked Point of View,’ from his new home in Adelaide. ... more

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