Rhythm Cafe MKE
VOL38 - Ben Mulwana - Golden Brown
Season 2025 Episode 3 | 3m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
"Golden Brown" is a love song for my wife—written as a quiet tribute while working on my first album
"Golden Brown" is a deeply personal song I wrote for my wife while working on my first album. I wanted to include something just for her, a quiet tribute to how much she means to me. Over time, as our family has grown, the song has taken on even greater meaning.
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Rhythm Cafe MKE is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS
Rhythm Cafe MKE
VOL38 - Ben Mulwana - Golden Brown
Season 2025 Episode 3 | 3m 58sVideo has Closed Captions
"Golden Brown" is a deeply personal song I wrote for my wife while working on my first album. I wanted to include something just for her, a quiet tribute to how much she means to me. Over time, as our family has grown, the song has taken on even greater meaning.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(amp whirring) (guitar strumming) (singer hums) (producer indistinctly murmuring) - Hello, my name is Ben Mulwana, and this is "Golden Brown."
(gentle guitar music) (Ben humming) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ (Ben hums) ♪ It's you, filling in a hole of nothing ♪ ♪ Just now ♪ ♪ I'm finally feeling whole again ♪ ♪ It's me ♪ ♪ Falling back in love again ♪ ♪ Oh, this glitter heart is made of gold ♪ ♪ Oh my God ♪ ♪ Should you take this away from me ♪ ♪ I might forfeit what is left of me ♪ ♪ Dramatic, yes, I know ♪ ♪ Enamored and I love it now ♪ ♪ The feeling is that strong ♪ ♪ You might think I'm crazy, but I know ♪ (Ben humming) ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ It's you ♪ ♪ The reason for my idle sin ♪ ♪ I'm through ♪ ♪ Writing just to never send ♪ ♪ I'm out ♪ ♪ Digging myself a hole again ♪ ♪ Falling back in love again ♪ ♪ Oh, this glitter heart is made of ♪ ♪ Gold ♪ ♪ Gold ♪ ♪ Oh my God ♪ ♪ Should you take this away from me ♪ ♪ Oh, I might forfeit what is left of me ♪ ♪ Dramatic, yes, I know ♪ ♪ Enamored and I love it now ♪ ♪ The feeling is that strong ♪ ♪ You might think I'm crazy but I know ♪ (lonesome guitar chord drones) "Golden Brown" is actually for my wife.
I wrote that just thinking about her.
I was writing my very first album and I wanted to put something on there for her, so I kind of slid it in.
I've written her a few songs, but none of them good enough to actually play out, and "Golden Brown" was one of my favorite things to write, and every time I sing it, now it hits a little bit differently 'cause our family has grown, and now I look and I really mean those words that, you know, it says, you know, "Oh my God, if you take this away from me, I might forfeit what is left."
It's more for my wife.
It's just to tell her how much I love her and how much she means to me, and now, for my son, how much he means to me, that without them, there might be nothing else.
So that's what that song means.
Rhythm Cafe MKE is a local public television program presented by MILWAUKEE PBS