Bob Down - a song from Takayna

Lyrics Trace Balla        

Music Andrew McSweeney

Deep down in the forest

a little frog hopped

Amongst the ferns and fungi,

but suddenly she stopped

In front of her were cut down trees

and not a bird in sight

Gone were all the mosses

and the lichen that she liked

Frog frowned

Frog frowned

mmmm - Frog Frowned

The frog jumped out to take a look

at all the chopped down trees

The water had a toxic taste,

there was a man down on his knees

He said “it’s cooler in the forest,

its boiling in the coupe

Come on lets get a hop along,

Don’t want no frog soup”.          

They bobbed down

On the ground

Mmmm- Bobbed down

Beneath the ferns and tall trees,

under watch of a masked owl

The frog let out a sob,

the man let out a howl

Frog could see he was a friend

and others like him too

“I'm here to save the tall trees

and the tiny mosses too”

They bobbed down

On the ground

mmmm  Bobbed down

(Bridge)

he said “Some folks lost there way

so lets give them a peek

To fall in love with a forest  (pause)

takes less than a week”.

The man said to the frog,

“by the way my name is Brown”

Like the trunks of the tall trees

and the soil in the ground

I’m Bob Brown

Bob Brown

mmm   Bob Brown

The frog looked at him sideways,

Thought “That’s’ not what I’ve seen,

You’re a fine friend to the forest,

more a deep dark shade of green”

Deep inside the forest

the birds sang out their song

And amongst the moss and lichen

frog and Bob they hopped along

They bobbed down

on the ground

mmmm

bobbed down repeat