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[ti:Big River] [ar:Weddings Parties Anything] [al:Roaring Days] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Big River (大河) - Weddings Parties Anything [00:04.06]He came up from the country looking for a job of work [00:09.00]He came from a town that died a slow hard death [00:15.19] [00:15.88]And when the train pulled into Spencer Street he was fast asleep [00:22.62]He opened one eye and he took a long deep breath [00:29.58]On the first day he was dazed by the noise and by the bustle [00:36.45]He sat in the square and tried so hard to think [00:42.68] [00:43.24]Found a cheap hotel and booked himself a room all damp and shabby [00:50.05]He sat in the bar he bought himself a drink [00:56.87]He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea [01:05.18]Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me " [01:11.73] [01:17.59]He rose early on the second day [01:21.18]And watched the dirty struggle of the dawn [01:25.87] [01:26.49]To rise above the smoke and haze [01:31.12]And armed with a map he made his way from factory to foundry [01:37.86]Joined the queues of the unskilled labourers [01:44.80]Then an old man came shook his hand [01:48.43]Sat right there beside him [01:51.55]And he heard the tale of rural poverty [01:56.72] [01:58.67]Shook his head and with a tear he said [02:02.60]"All that you have told me [02:05.16]Is like having my own story told to me " [02:10.40] [02:11.96]He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea [02:20.08]Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me " [02:26.25] [02:40.23]Drinking harder every night [02:43.79]He made himself keep searching [02:46.22]Till he found he could not rise to greet the day [02:51.40] [02:52.96]And he lay behind a vale of tears on the Yarra bank that morning [02:59.76]And he wondered how the hell things got this way [03:04.70] [03:07.06]Late that night he stumbled from an inner city bar [03:12.99] [03:13.62]Barely conscious down the alley he did sway [03:19.73] [03:20.30]And they beat him they sank the boot in [03:23.79]And they took his last four dollars [03:27.09]Left him dying in the dawn it was Saturday [03:35.40]He sang: "Flow river flow flow to the sea [03:42.21]Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me " [03:49.15]Flow river flow flow to the sea [03:55.75]Flow on big river bring my dreams back home to me [04:02.88]Flow river flow oh flow on to the sea [04:09.69]Flow on big river bring my dreams bring them home to me