Dirty River
[Verse 1]
There's a backpacker feelin' homesick
Wakin' up on St Kilda Beach
There was a big night out at The Espy
But there are bagels on Acland Street
There's a tram rattlin' into the city
There's a jogger runnin' 'round The Tan
There's a gutter that I spewed in once
When I was a younger man
From Commision flats in Richmond
To Prahran where the money starts
There's a dirty river runnin' through her heart

[Verse 2]
On the Belgrave lawn, there are business suits
Flowin' out onto Flinders Street
There's a coffee a-brewin' in Carlton
Pullin' beers down at The Retreat
And there's a deal goin' down in Braybrook
There's a dealer makin' killings at Crown
There's a primary school that my son went to
In the middle of Clifton Hill
From the Ranges down to Williamstown
From the bay to where it starts
There's a dirty river runnin' through her heart
[Bridge]
They're linin' up for souva's
Drunk on Brunswick Street
There's a busker at the Bourke Street Mall
They're crowdin' 'round a mic'd-up didge
There's a vigil for Eurydice down at Princes Park
There's a dirty river runnin' through her heart

[Verse 3]
They are prayin' at St Paul's Cathedral
And a mosque out in Noble Park
There's a scream risin' outta the MCG
Where the AFL faithful are
Past the weary face of Weary
An ANZAC's marchin' through
There's a party out in Templestowe
Where I fell in love with you
From the treaty made by Batman
For the beautiful Birrarung Marr
There's a dirty river runnin' through her heart

[Verse 4]
Through Kulin nation country
The Yarra is runnin' still
My home stands on Wurundjeri land
And I know it always will
Though we've been far from Melbourne
Wherever we are
There's a dirty river runnin' through our hearts
There's a dirty river runnin'
Through her heart