Not Much In Koonwarra

Not much in Koonwarra the old lady said No jobs for the youth here and she shook her head Few local teenagers in Koonwarra stay They move down to Melbourne or further away. The majority of the farmers in Koonwarra are poor And for those on the land the future insecure Livestock prices are dropping in a profitless year And one can understand why so few wish to live here. And not much is happening in Koonwarra Town Small businesses open only to close down Of the people who live here many on the dole And that they are unemployed is beyond their control. But in all societies there's the wealthy few And even in old Koonwarra there's the well to do The financially well off their future secure But where ever you live you will find rich and poor. Not much in Koonwarra the old lady said The old town looks shabby and enterprise dead There's no work about so the young people go And as the rural towns empty the big cities grow.